Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jasia is a diminutive of Janina. Janina comes from Late Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Jasia is a diminutive of Janina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jasia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 6 boys · 577 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,738 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,738 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 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.
Jasia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jasia is a diminutive of Janina. In Polish usage, Jasia has a related form in Asia. In Polish usage, Jasia is a shortened form of Janina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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