What does Asia mean?

Asia means "Asia; alive, she who"

How do we pronounce Asia?

Asia \a-sia, as-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 4 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Asia is pronounced EY-Z-aa 1.

1 Pronunciation for Asia: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Asia?

Asia's origin is Arabic, English, and Hebrew, and its use, English and Polish. English origin, English use: From Asia ; asu 'to rise, east'. The first name is derived from the name of the continent, which could be itself from the Assyrian asu ('to rise, east'), in reference to the rising of the sun in the east. In Greek mythology, the name was borne a Nereid or sea nymph, and by a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. In addition, Asia is a variant form of the African, Arabic, English, and Swahili what does the name Aisha mean in the English language. Asia can also be a pet form of the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian name Johanna in the Polish language and a variant form of the English nicknames for Jane in the Polish language. Asia has 19 variant forms. Variant forms consist of short names for Ahsia, baby name Aisia, name Aisian meaning, Ase meaning of name, name Ashah, Asiah meaning, Asian name variations, name Asianae meaning, name Asianne, Asja name popularity, name Asya, Asyah meaning of name, name Aysia, meaning of Aysiah, name Aysian, nicknames for Ayzia, name Azha, name Azia, and name Deasia meaning. Asia is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest height of its usage in 1997, 0.080% of baby girls were named Asia. Its ranking then was #195. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency. In 2010, it ranked at #532 with a usage of 0.028%, was nevertheless the 3rd most popular after Jane pronounciation and Johanna meaning and origin, within all girl names in its group. Jane was 52% more frequently used than Asia in 2010.

A famous person named Asia is Actress Asia Argento, born Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento, 20 September 1975, Rome, Italy.

List of baby names Asia:

the English name Asiah, the name Acey meaning and origin, the Korean baby name Ae Sook, the Spanish Aixa meaning and origin, the name Aizza definition, the name Aizzah name popularity, the English and Indian Aja meaning and origin, the name name Ajay, the Scandinavian baby name Asa, the name Asyah meaning and origin, the name short names for Aysa, the Iranian Aysia name variations, the name baby name Ayska, the English and Greek Echo pronounciation, the name Echoe name variations, the name Ecko name popularity, the name what does the name Eco mean, the name Edjo meaning of name, the name baby name Ega, and the Finnish, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Eija meaning.

The baby name Asia fun facts:

The name Asia in reverse order is "Aisa".

The numerological value of the name Asia is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Asia?

Asia is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames