Asiyah

Asiyah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“one who heals; comforts”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ah-SEE-yah · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (91% of all uses)

From Arabic Āsiyah, traditionally explained as 'one who tends to the weak' or 'heals.' In Islamic tradition Asiya is the name of Pharaoh's wife who protected Moses.

How popular is Asiyah?

202434.0 per million US babies
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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 Asiyah in 2024112

2024 rank#2,088 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18801,819

Asiyah is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Asiyah

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

Asiyah questions

What does the name Asiyah mean?

Asiyah means "one who heals; comforts". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Āsiyah, traditionally explained as 'one who tends to the weak' or 'heals.' In Islamic tradition Asiya is the name of Pharaoh's wife who protected Moses.

Is Asiyah a boy or girl name?

Asiyah is mainly a girl's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Asiyah?

112 US babies were named Asiyah in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Asiyah?

Asiyah 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.