Asya (given name) explained
Asya is a given name with varied origins. It is a Turkish feminine given name meaning Asia.[1] It is a Bulgarian and Russian diminutive form of the feminine given name Anastasia, meaning resurrection.[2] It is also a form of the Arabic name Asiya, meaning melancholic or wistful.[3]
People
- Asya of Diauehi, a ruler of the Kingdom of Diaokhi, a confederation of proto-Georgian tribes, who reigned around the middle of the 9th century BCE.
- Asya (singer) (born 1965), Turkish singer
- Asya, ring name of American bodybuilder, model and professional wrestler Christi Wolf
- Asya Abdullah (born 1971), Kurdish politician, co-chairwoman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)
- Asya Alashaikh, founder and CEO of Tamkeen Company for sustainable solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Asya Ramazan Antar (1998–2016), Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighter who has become a symbol of the feminist struggle in the Rojava conflict and in the fight against ISIS, by international media.
- Asya Branch (born 1998), American beauty pageant titleholder and Miss USA 2020 winner
- Asya Bussie (born 1991), American basketball player
- Adi Asya Katz (born 2004), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
- Asya Kolchynska (1918–2010), Ukrainian pathophysiologist, medical doctor, professor, and Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
- Asya Miller (born 1979), American goalball player
- Asya Pereltsvaig (born 1972), Russian linguist
- Asya Rolls, Israeli, psychoneuroimmunologist and International Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and an associate professor at the Immunology and Center of Neuroscience at Technion within the Israel Institute of Technology
- Asya Saavedra, founding member of the music group Smoosh renamed Chaos Chaos
- Asya Sultanova (1923–2021), Azerbaijani composer
- Asya Yeutykh (born 1962), goldsmith and bladesmith from the Republic of Adygea in Russia
Notes and References
- Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Asya (2) .
- Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Asya (1) .
- Web site: Asya Name Meaning | Variant of Asiya | Islamic Baby Name Meanings, Answers and Advice .
