Aasha
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning hope or wish.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Aasha by the numbers
Aasha was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aasha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
- Ayshaalive and well; a form of aisha49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aashismile or laughter32 in the US (2017)
- Akashaether; the sky element in ayurveda29 in the US (2017)
- Aashnafriend, companion24 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aasha
Names that are said the same way as Aasha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean hope
Like Aasha, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
- Amalhope or aspiration278 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esperanzahope270 in the US (2017)
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)
- Nadyahope; a form of Nadezhda49 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aasha
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