Arshia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Arshia by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arshia. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 31 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Arshia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arshia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arshiyalioness or of the Aryans; from Persian tradition16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arshi3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arshika14 in the US (2017)
  • Ashia12 in the US (2017)
  • Arshin3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Arshia

Names that are said the same way as Arshia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Arisha48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Areesha14 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Arshia

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