Asja

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Asia in US United States, BD Bangladesh, PL Poland and 7 more, Asya in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, BG Bulgaria and 3 more, Asiya in IN India, PK Pakistan, NG Nigeria and Асия in KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan, UZ Uzbekistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Asja is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3.4K records spelled Asja26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Tanzania

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Asha, A'Sha, Asha', Askeia, A’Sha

• Danish given name253 records spelled Asja12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, India, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Asha, Ãshã, Åsha

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Asja is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Maltese, Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, genitive singular of asi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In urj-fin-pro, matter, case

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Islāma mitoloģijā - Mozus laikā Ēģiptē valdošā faraona sieva

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 31 years between 1984–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Asja Lācisb. 1891LVLatvian actor and theatre director (1891–1979)
• Asja Strēleb. 1929LV(1929 - 2019-04-02) make-up artist
• Asja Łamtiuginab. 1940PLPolish actress (1940–2023)
• Asja Jovanovićb. 1956HRCroatian actress
• Asja Nina Kovačevb. 1967SISlovenian psychologist
• Asja Hrvatinb. 1990SISlovene writer (born 1990)
• Asja Paladinb. 1994ITItalian cyclist
• Asja Maregottob. 1997ITItalian rower
• Asja KrečičSIresearcher
• Asja FischerDEresearcher, University of Bochum

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 190 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Asja?

We estimate roughly 68 thousand people bear Asja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Asja have the most bearers?

Asja is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled ася.

How common is Asja compared with other names?

In Russia, Asja is the 173rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Asja a male or female name?

Asja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Asja mean?

Recorded meaning: ) Assja; Assia: aus dem Russischen übernommener weibl.