Ashja (Name)

Ashja (transliteration: Ashjaʿ, Arabic: أشجع) is an Arabic name for boys that means “brave”, “courageous”, “fearless”.¹² Ashja also means “male snake”.³⁴.

Ashja may also be spelled as Ashjaa and Ashja’.

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Ashja:

• al-Ashja bin Sinan الأشجع بن سنان

Below is the name Ashja written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Ashja written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Mukhtaar al-Sihaah by al-Razi (d. 1266 CE), entry for شجع.
2. Al-Muheet fil Lughah by al-Sahib bin Abbad (d. c. 995 CE), entry for شجع.
3. Al-Nihaayah fi Ghareeb al-Hadeeth wal Athar by Abu Sa`aadaat Ibn al-Athir (d. 1210 CE), entry for شَجَعَ.
4. Majma` Bihaar al-Anwaar by al-Fattini (d. 1578 CE), entry for شجع.