Asra

Spellings & scripts●

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●

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◐

Asra is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name1.1K records spelled Asra3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Afghanistan, Iran

  Also written Aşra

• Norwegian Bokmål given name410 records spelled Asra7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Äsrä, Aśřa

• Pashto given name133 records spelled Asra2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan, Türkiye, Iran, India

  Also written Aşra

• Persian given name131 records spelled Asra3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iran, India, Türkiye, Afghanistan

  Also written Ãsra

35 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●

Asra 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 Arabic, travel by night

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• Brilliant.

  as a name·The African book of names

• In Arabic, to travel by night, to make someone travel by night. Asra refers to the night journey of Muhammad (s) to the seven heavens. See Israa’ ¢l_.) (m.)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, travel by night. Asra refers to the night journey of Muhammad (s) to the seven heavens. See Isra ¢l,w!, the night journey of Muhammad (s)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, to travel by night; to make someone travel by night

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1923–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Asra Nomanib. 1965INAmerican journalist (born 1965)

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 · 309 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Asra?

We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Asra (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Asra have the most bearers?

Asra is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled asra.

Is Asra a male or female name?

Asra 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 Asra mean?

Recorded meaning: Tunis; Livorno; Tripoli