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 [ syll. as-ha, ash-a ] The girl name Asha is pronounced as ah-SHah KEY. 1: Asha is used chiefly in the English and Indian languages. Its origin is Sanskrit. Derived literally from the word 'asha' meaning desire, hope, hopeful. The name Aasha (Indian) and the name Ascha are variants of Asha. 2: Asha is used chiefly in African and English. Its origin is African-Swahili. Here, the meaning is life. The name Eshe (African) is a variant of Asha. In addition, Asha is a variant of the name Aisha (Arabic and English). Asha is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1998, 0.013% of baby girls were named Asha. It was #853 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep loss in popularity since then, and is today of infrequent use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Asha, Aisha (Arabic and English) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Asha include Usha (Indian), Aasha (Indian), Achsah (Hebrew), Aeisha (English), Aga (Polish), Aggi (English), Aggie (English and Scottish), Aggy (English and Scottish), Agi (English and Hungarian), Aicha (Arabic and French), Aiesha (Arabic and English), Aischa (German), Aishah (Arabic and English), Ajeya (Indian), Aki (Japanese), Akiye (Japanese), Aku (Ewe and Twi), Akua (Ewe and Twi), Allice (English), and Anneke (Dutch). KEY: approx pronunciation for Asha: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
