Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Axa is a romanization of আশা. আশা comes from Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Axa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 0 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.
Axa’s family of names
In Assamese usage, Axa is a Roman-alphabet rendering of আশা. In Greek usage, Axa as a surname is a transliteration of Αξά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Asaequivalent
- Ashaequivalent
- Aqsaequivalent
- Acsaequivalent
- Aixaequivalent
- Aisaequivalent
- Ajsaequivalent
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