Girl · Arabic · Muslim
Asiya
آسیہSay it AA-si-ya
- Meaning today
- One who tends the weak, pillar, pensive
- Original meaning
- "a healer (feminine of āsī, 'physician'); also sorrowing" Lane, p. 61
- Say it
- AA-si-ya
- Written
- آسیہ
- Other spellings
- Aasiya, Asiyah, Aasia, Asia
Asiya
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Asiya meaning
Asiya (آسیہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin.
A healer (feminine of āsī, 'physician'); also sorrowing
Also used to mean: one who tends the weak, pillar, pensive
Asiya (آسیہ) is best known as the name Islamic tradition gives to the wife of Pharaoh, praised in the Quran (66:11) for her faith and remembered as the woman who raised the infant Musa. As a word, Lane's lexicon gives āsiya as the feminine of āsī, a physician skilled in treating wounds, and also as a feminine meaning "grieving" or "sorrowful". Name lists give Asiya as "one who tends the weak" or "pensive", which match these two senses; the gloss "pillar" we could not find in Lane. The name is used by Muslim families in India.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 1, p. 61 · entry āsī, fem. āsiya (آسٍ، آسِيَةٌ), roots ʾ-s-w and ʾ-s-y · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, āsī / āsiya (roots ʾ-s-w, ʾ-s-y), Book I p. 61 (TEI text) · Quran 66:11 · Wikipedia: Asiya
Famous namesakes
- Āsiya, wife of Pharaoh, revered in Islam for her faith
Popularity abroad
- #436 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Asiya · Aasiya · Asiyah · Aasia · Asia