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Asiya

Asiya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“one who tends to the weak; healer”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ah-SEE-yah · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Asiya is the Arabic name of the Pharaoh's wife in Islamic tradition. It is also transliterated Asiyah.

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How popular is Asiya?

202450.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Asiya in 2024168

2024 rank#1,358 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,431

Asiya is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Asiya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Asiya questions

What does the name Asiya mean?

Asiya means "one who tends to the weak; healer". It comes from Arabic. Asiya is the Arabic name of the Pharaoh's wife in Islamic tradition. It is also transliterated Asiyah.

Is Asiya a boy or girl name?

Asiya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Asiya?

168 US babies were named Asiya in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Asiya?

Asiya is usually pronounced ah-SEE-yah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.