What does the name Asha mean?

Asha is a Swahili name meaning "Living, alive". Asha means living or alive, and is a Swahili form of the Arabic name Aisha.

Where does the name Asha come from?

Asha is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Asha is usually given to girls.

Swahili name

means "Living, alive"

Asha is a Swahili name meaning "Living, alive". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Asha means living or alive, and is a Swahili form of the Arabic name Aisha.

AH-shah

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Asha mean?: Asha is a Swahili name meaning "Living, alive". Asha means living or alive, and is a Swahili form of the Arabic name Aisha.
How do you pronounce Asha?: Say it AH-shah. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Asha come from?: Asha is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Asha a girl's or a boy's name?: Asha is usually given to girls.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.