Asha
Asha is a girl name of Swahili origin, meaning Life; hope.
What Asha means
Life; hope.
Asha is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Asha comes from
Swahili names reflect East African, Arabic, and Bantu influences, and many mark the circumstances of a birth — the day, the season, or the family's situation at the time.
Asha is recorded as Swahili in origin. Browse other Swahili names.
How popular is Asha?
Asha does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Asha
Two ideas meet in Asha: Life and Hope. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Asha
These share Asha's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Eshe — Life.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Aisha — Alive; living.
- Aiyana — Eternal blossom.
- Anastasia — Resurrection; rebirth.
- April — Opening buds of spring.
- Aviva — Springlike; fresh.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
- Nadia — Hope.
- Zoe — Life.
- Dagny — New day.