Asha

AH-shah

Sanskrit; Swahili

"hope; life"

Asha Origin and Meaning

Variation of Aisha

Asha Rank in US Top 1000

# 976 in the US

Asha Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 374 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Asha

• 374 Nameberry 2025
• 196 Unique 2024
• 926 England 2015

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Famous People Named Asha

• Asha Leo British TV presenter
• Asha Daniels American designer & contestant on "Under the Gunn"
• Asha Bhosle Indian singer
• Asha Parekh Indian Bollywood actress

The name Asha in Pop Culture

• Asha Greyjoy character in George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" (renamed Yara in the Game of Thrones TV series)
• Asha one of the characters in the story "The Fountain of Fair Fortune" within Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
• Asha Grant one of the main characters in the Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• Asha character in the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray
• "Brimful of Asha " song by Cornershop
• Nokia Asha mobile phone
• Asha'bellanar a title of the character Flemeth in the Dragon Age video game series. "Asha'bellanar" in Elvish translates to "woman of many years."
• Asha main character from Disney's 2023 film "Wish"