Life or alive; also related to the pomegranate tree.
In Arabic contexts, it is often a variant of Aisha, meaning 'alive' or 'she who lives.' In Japanese, the name can be formed with kanji meaning 'love' and 'sand' or 'pomegranate,' depending on the characters used. It also appears in various Central Asian cultures with similar phonetic roots.
Less common today
Aisa isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,614 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
Filipino inventor of the SALt lamp
A character in the video game series Β· Fire Emblem