Asja
Asja is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Bulgaria, United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 336 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Asja
If you do not know Asja’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Asja,” in English, “Guten Tag Asja,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Asja,
German
Guten Tag Asja,
French
Bonjour Asja,
Spanish
Estimado/a Asja:
Chinese
Asja您好：
Japanese
Asja様
English
Hi Asja,
German
Hi Asja,
French
Salut Asja,
Spanish
Hola Asja,
Chinese
Asja你好：
Japanese
Asjaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | uncommon | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | rare | woman's name |
| Latvia | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 336 female · 336 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Asja a male or female name?
Asja is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Asja in an email?
If you do not know Asja’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Asja,” in English, “Guten Tag Asja,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Asja a unisex name?
Asja is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Asja a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/asja. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_asja,
title = {Is Asja a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/asja},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}