Asima
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əsimə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Asima is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Tunisia it is the 33rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: safe, chaste, protector, guardian; feminine of Asim.
- TNTunisia≈1 in 466as Asma(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 813as Asma
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1Kas Asma
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Asima itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 466 (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 named Asma, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est., as Asma
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Asma in PK Pakistan, US United States, BD Bangladesh and 5 more and Ausma in LV Latvia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
safe, chaste, protector, guardian; feminine of Asim
Sources 2
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Nordic Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Asima counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #132 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | listed | Asma | 95 |
| BD Bangladesh | #54 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | listed | Asma | 86 |
| DZ Algeria | #66 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | listed | Asma | 57 |
| TZ Tanzania | #268 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 1 | Asma | 21 |
| TN Tunisia | #33 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 466 | 1.5K | Asma | 71 |
| MA Morocco | #239 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Asma | 70 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #33 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 813 | — | Asma | 130 |
| US United States | — | 6,646as Asma | 1 in 50K | 6.6K | Asma | 303 |
| LV Latvia | — | 2,203as Ausma | 1 in 854 | 2.2K | Ausma | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Asima is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, safe, chaste, protector, guardian; feminine of Asim
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, protector, guardian; fem. of Asim. See Asim (m.)
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Asima Chatterjeeb. 1917INIndian chemist (1917–2006)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 401 | #23,988 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 5 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4 | #23,988 |
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Asima mean, and where does it come from?
- safe, chaste, protector, guardian; feminine of Asim Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Asima?
- A machine transcription gives /əsimə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Asima a male or female name?
- Asima is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Asima have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 112 thousand people named Asma in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Asima?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,646 people named Asma in 2020, about 1 in 50 thousand residents.
- How common is Asima compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Asima is the 132nd most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Asima?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asimaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Asima” — the 132nd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.