Given name
Asya
“resurrection”·“a woman graced with God's favor”·“one who shall rise again”
Asya is a variant of Asia. Interpretations include “resurrection” and “the rising sun; a woman from the East; in the Koran, the woman who raised Moses”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In Russian use, Asya is an affectionate form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Asya is a variant of Asia. Interpretations include “resurrection” and “the rising sun; a woman from the East; in the Koran, the woman who raised Moses”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In Russian use, Asya is an affectionate form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.” In Russian use, Asya is an affectionate form of Anastasia. One Greek interpretation is “one who shall rise again.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Asya is a variant of Asia. Asia has been associated with Greek and English naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain. In Russian use, Asya is an affectionate form of Anastasia. An origin associated with Anastasia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Asya developed from the Italian form Asia. In English usage, Asya is an affectionate form of Анастасия.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,249
- 0 boys · 2,249 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 117 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #3,401 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,401 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 117 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,650 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asya’s family of names
Asya is an affectionate form of Anna. In Turkish usage, Asya developed from the Italian form Asia. In English usage, Asya was borrowed from the Russian form Ася.
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Around the world
Asya has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Asya
- Asya Abdullahpoliticianborn 1971
- Asya BranchAmerican beauty pageant titleholderborn 1998
- AlisiaBulgarian singerborn 1982
- Asya TavanoItalian judokaborn 2002
- AlizadeAzerbaijani-born Russian rapper and singerborn 2000
- Asya AlashaikhSaudi Arabian businessperson specializing in corporate social responsibility
- Asya KazantsevaRussian science journalist and popularizer of scienceborn 1986
- Asya YeutykhRussian goldsmith and bladesmithborn 1962
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