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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Fatima, Leila, Zehra, Eliana, Yasmin, Maryam, Jenna, May, A'isha, Lina, Nadia, Samira, Zaynab, Iman, Salma, Arwa, Alya, Sherine, Khairunnisa, Annam, Marwa, Faryal, Kulthum, Wafaa, Khawlah, Rania. Excerpt: A'isha A'isha (Arabic: ) is an Arabic female given name that means "she who lives." Other transliterations include Aisha, Ay e, Ai a, Aj a, Acha, Ayesha, ' A'isha, ' Aisha, 'isha or Aishah' . People named A'isha include: See also (online edition): This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Alya Alya is a common female name. It is common in Russia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Middle-East. Alya's origin is Old Greek, Germanic, Slavonic, Hebrew and Arabic. In Russia, Alya is typically used as a colloquial name by people named Alina, Aleftina, Alyena, less often Olga . It is formed in a manner similar to other colloquial Russian names (for example, Kostya for Konstantin, Anya for Anna, Vanya for Ivan ). In Arabic, Alya means heaven, sky and loftiness. In Hebrew, Alya means to ascend, to go up. A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Annam is a female name of Arabic origin, meaning ' Gift.' It has several spelling variations such as Enaam, Inaam, Anam, Anum, Anaam, or Annum . Different meanings/origins of this name include: item Farsi for " Clouds " item Gaelic for " Life " or " Soul " item Telugu for " Rice " item Tamil for " t...