Dashia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dashia by the numbers

Dashia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 73 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Dashia

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

  • Dashagift of god; a form of darya or daria101 in the US (2017)
  • Dasia61 in the US (2017)
  • Dahliaflower named after botanist anders dahl790 in the US (2017)
  • Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Daniagod is my judge; a feminine form of daniel46 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dariawealthy, well-off45 in England and Wales (2025)

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