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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. 2: Asha is used chiefly in African and English. Its origin is Swahili. The meaning of Asha is life. The name Eshe (African) is a variant of Asha. See also the related form, 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. Within all girl names in its family, Asha was nevertheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Asha include Aggie (English and Scottish), Aggy (English and Scottish), Aicha (Arabic and French), Aiesha (Arabic), Aishah (Arabic), Åsa (Scandinavian), Iesha (Arabic and English), Isis (English and German), Agace (French), Aichoucha (French), Aisha (Arabic and English), Anneka (English, German, and Scandinavian), Annika (Dutch, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Annike (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Annikki (Finnish), Annukka (Finnish), Annushka (Russian), Annuska (Hungarian), Ash (English), Ayeesha (Arabic), Ayeisha (Arabic and English), Ossia (Irish), and Özge (Turkish). 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)"
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