71%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts آسيا, آسية(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. A-see-ya, A-see-yah [key·IPA] Meaning & History Possibly from Arabic أسي (asy) meaning "distressed, grieved". According to Islamic tradition this was the name of the wife of the pharaoh at the time of Moses. She took care of the infant Moses and later accepted monotheism. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantAssiaOther Languages & CulturesAsja(Bosnian) PopularityDetails Last ranked #419 in 2018 England and Wales Last ranked #352 in 2021 Netherlands Categories feelings, grief, sadness, top 10 in Tajikistan