Asia - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Asia \a-

is pronounced AY-zhah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "sunrise". May also derive from Assyrian "asu" meaning "east". Modern name, usually used in reference to the continent. Also sometimes used as a short form of a name ending with -ia, such as Aspasia. According to the Koran, Asia was the name of the Pharoah's wife who raised the infant Moses. Asia is also a variant of Aisha, the name of Muhammad's favorite wife, one of the four "perfect women". See also Fatima, Khadija, and Mary.

Asia has 7 variant forms: Aja, Asiah, Asianne, Asya, Asyah, Azha and Azia.

For more information, see also the related name Anastasia.

Baby names that sound like Asia are Ashia, Asha, Aisia, Asa and Assa.

Asia is a very common first name for women (#1404 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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