Âsa

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Âsa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. In India it is the 21st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 275(measured from records)
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 211as Asha
  • THThailand≈1 in 2.3Kas อุษา

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Âsa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈280,000 named Asha, est.

#386 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
288 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 275 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

UsaLatin(measured from records)
อุษาThai(measured from records)
АшаCyrillic(measured from records)
אושהHebrew(measured from records)
ኡሻEthiopic(measured from records)
우샤Hangul(measured from records)
აშაGeorgian(measured from records)
ఉషTelugu(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Asha in IN India, BD Bangladesh, KE Kenya, อุษา in TH Thailand, Åsa in SE Sweden and Usa in TZ Tanzania.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Âsa: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Âsa
  1. Koine GreekἈσάAsá(measured from records)
  2. Biblical HebrewאָסָאʾĀsāʾ(measured from records)
  3. Aramaicאָסְיָאʾāsyā“physician, doctor, healer”(measured from records)
  4. Akkadian𒀀𒍪A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/(measured from records)
  5. Sumerian𒀀𒍪A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/“physician, healer”(measured from records)

From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician, healer”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).

Sources 8

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Âsa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Âsa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#351≈280,000 est.≈1 in 2118Usa22
SE Sweden#5737,0971 in 27537KÅsa89
TH Thailand#360≈30,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K#660,801อุษา107
BD Bangladesh#354≈23,000 est.≈1 in 7KlistedAsha48
KE Kenya—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K—Asha13
NP Nepal—≈16,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Usha48
IS Iceland—4481 in 783471——
IN India#21——723Asha229

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Âsa is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name17 spellings in the group

    Also written Ăşa, Āsa, Aşa, Ása, Aša

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Âsa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Âsa mean, and where does it come from?
From Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician… Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and A concise dictionary of first names and 6 other sources.
Is Âsa a male or female name?
Âsa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Âsa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 278 thousand people named Asha in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Âsa most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Âsa is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 275 people — even though Tanzania holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Âsa?
In Sweden, the national register counted 37,097 people named Âsa, about 1 in 275 residents.
How common is Âsa compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Âsa is the 351st most common given name of 37,285 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Âsa” — the 351st most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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