Ashai

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ashai by the numbers

Ashai was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ashai

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 Ashai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Asiahgod has made; variant of asher69 in the US (2017)
  • Ashbyash tree settlement41 in the US (2017)
  • Adlaimy ornament; my witness21 in the US (2017)
  • Ashlinash tree lake; a form of Ashlyn21 in the US (2017)
  • Abishaifather of a gift18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ashai

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

  • Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
  • Ayeshaalive or living204 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayshaalive and well; a form of aisha49 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aichaliving, alive; a form of Aisha49 in the US (2017)
  • Aishahalive or living; a form of Aisha16 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ashai

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