The nameAssia

Meaning

In Arabic, Assia (Asiya) is the name of Pharaoh's wife who, in Muslim tradition, took in the infant Moses. In Russian, Assia (Asya) is a pet form of Anastasia.

Origin

Arabic and Russian. The name is used in North Africa as well as in Eastern Europe.

History

The writer Assia Djebar, elected to the Académie française in 2005, made it known in France. It has been given steadily since the 1990s.

Famous people named Assia

• Assia Djebar, writer, member of the Académie française

Popularity of the name Assia

Assia in France

Assia was most popular in France in the 2010s, with 9,235 births over the decade, 42% of all recorded babies named Assia. Its rise began around 1982, and it peaked in 2014. Half of all babies named Assia in France were born before 2013, so it is mostly a name of today's children and teenagers. Over the last five years on record, it has been falling: 726 births a year on average, against 908 in the five years before.

Assia in Belgium

Assia was most popular in Belgium in the 2010s, with 825 births over the decade, 46% of all recorded babies named Assia. Half of all babies named Assia in Belgium were born before 2013, so it is mostly a name of today's children and teenagers. Over the last five years on record, it has been falling: 60 births a year on average, against 75 in the five years before.