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Ajia
How to Pronounce Ajia
Pronounced AY-zhuh /ΛeΙͺ.ΚΙ/Medium
Meaning: Ajia is a phonetic respelling of Asia, the continent name that became a fashionable girl's name in the late twentieth century. The word Asia is ancient, likely from a Greek rendering of an older Near-Eastern term for 'east' or 'sunrise'.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ajia is a creative respelling of Asia, which parents embraced as a girl's name in the nineteen-eighties and nineties. The place name itself is very old, thought to come through Greek from a Near-Eastern word for 'east'.
It stayed rare, peaking in the mid-nineteen-nineties alongside Asia and its many spellings. It reads as a stylish, of-its-era respin of a place name.
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What does the name Ajia mean?
Ajia is a respelling of Asia, the continent name, rooted in a word for 'east'.
How do you pronounce Ajia?
It's said AY-zhuh /ΛeΙͺ.ΚΙ/ β two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Ajia a boy or girl name?
Ajia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ajia?
Ajia is rare in the U.S., seen most in the mid-nineteen-nineties.