Sanskrit · Swahili

Asha

AH-shah

Meaning: Hope

Girl
Uncommon
2 syllables
Bridge name

The story

Sanskrit Asha means hope or wish. Swahili Asha has a separate history connected with living, through an Arabic root; the shared spelling brings two positive meanings together.

Also means

What Asha means in its other languages.

Swahililive; exist, from an Arabic root

Nicknames

Ash
Ashu

Spellings & variants

Aasha
Ashaa
Aisha
Ashia

Popularity

Uncommon

Outside the US top 1,000.

Style

Classic
Virtue
Short
Works everywhere

Origins

Asha comes from Sanskrit and Swahili. It’s a bridge name, with roots in more than one culture.

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