Aasha (Name)

Aasha (transliteration: Aʿshā) is an ancient Arabic name for boys that means “one who suffers from night blindness”,¹ it can also have the more general meaning of “one who has bad eyesight”.²

There is one companion of the Prophet, , who has this name:

• Aasha al-Mazini أعشى المازني

Maymun Ibn Qays Al-Aasha was a famous Arabic pre-Islamic poet.

The name Aasha may also be spelled as A’sha, Ashaa, Aashaa and Asha.

Below is the name Aasha written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the same name written in the calligraphic ruʿqah script:

1. Al-Muheet fil Lughah by al-Sahib bin Abbad (d. c. 995 CE), entry for عشو.
2. Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE), entry for عشو.