Asya

Asya was originally a pet form of the feminine name Anastasia, but has since become a name in its own right. The pet form is mostly used in Russia, where the name Anastasia is most popular. Although mostly found in Russia because of its association with the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna the youngest daughter of the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, the name Anastasia is actually of Greek origin. It is the feminine form of the masculine Greek name Anastasios which means ‘Resurrection’.