Name
Asha
Meaning
Asha is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “hope, wish”.
Asha is the Sanskrit word for hope and a classic Indian girls' name, carried for seventy years by playback legend Asha Bhosle, one of the most recorded voices in history. In East Africa the same name circulates independently as a Swahili form of Aisha, meaning life, so two continents share it with two meanings.
Common in India and East Africa; a quiet presence in US naming data.
Popularity in the United States
Girls
Ranked #978 in 2003 · peak #795 in 1989
Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.
At a glance
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Gender
- Feminine
- Pronounced
- /AH-shah/
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Questions
Asha is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “hope, wish”. Asha is the Sanskrit word for hope and a classic Indian girls' name, carried for seventy years by playback legend Asha Bhosle, one of the most recorded voices in history.
Asha is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Common in India and East Africa; a quiet presence in US naming data.
The name Asha comes from Sanskrit. Asha is the Sanskrit word for hope and a classic Indian girls' name, carried for seventy years by playback legend Asha Bhosle, one of the most recorded voices in history. In East Africa the same name circulates independently as a Swahili form of Aisha, meaning life, so two continents share it with two meanings.
Asha is pronounced AH-shah.
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