Åsa
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, óss (“god”). First recorded as a (revived) given name in Sweden in 1888. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aase, Åse and Norwegian Åsa.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Åsa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Åsa has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 28,829 |
| 2000 | 28,720 |
| 2001 | 28,593 |
| 2002 | 28,450 |
| 2003 | 28,327 |
| 2004 | 28,179 |
| 2005 | 28,054 |
| 2006 | 27,956 |
| 2007 | 27,866 |
| 2008 | 27,806 |
| 2009 | 27,741 |
| 2010 | 27,676 |
| 2011 | 27,619 |
| 2012 | 27,557 |
| 2013 | 27,509 |
| 2014 | 27,441 |
| 2015 | 27,382 |
| 2016 | 27,283 |
| 2017 | 27,207 |
| 2018 | 27,122 |
| 2019 | 27,042 |
| 2020 | 26,936 |
Åsa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Åsa.Hi! My name is Åsa.
- Åsa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Åsa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Åsas mamma är lärare.Åsa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Åsas mamma is Åsa's mum.
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Questions about Åsa
How do you pronounce Åsa in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Åsa from a native speaker's recording. Å is close to the vowel in 'more'.
What does the name Åsa mean?
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, óss (“god”). First recorded as a (revived) given name in Sweden in 1888. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aase, Åse and Norwegian Åsa.
How popular is Åsa in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Åsa in 2022. In 2020, 26,936 people in Sweden had Åsa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.