Asra
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning travels by night.
Asra by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Asra. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Asaphysician, healer659 in the US (2017)
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
- Asmahigh or elevated59 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aurabreeze or breath; luminous emanation60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
- Azravirgin; maiden27 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the night
Like Asra, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Asra
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