The baby name Asmara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /asˈmaɾa/ (ahs-MAH-rah).
Asmara is Tigrinya in Origin.
The baby name Asmara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /asˈmaɾa/ (ahs-MAH-rah).
Asmara is Tigrinya in Origin.
Asmara is a feminine given name with roots in the Horn of Africa and Southeast Asia. In Tigrinya, it is the name of Eritrea’s capital and is widely glossed as “they (the women) made them unite,” a reference to a local legend of four villages joining together; as a given name it carries the sense of unity and cooperation. In Indonesian and Malay, asmara is a Sanskrit-derived word for “love, romantic passion” (from Sanskrit smara, love), giving the name an additional layer of meaning.
Used within Eritrean and Ethiopian communities and by the diaspora, Asmara also appears in Indonesia and occasionally among Western parents attracted to evocative place names. It remains rare in English-speaking baby-name charts. Spelling variants include Asmera (reflecting local pronunciation and older Italian transliteration). Short forms and nicknames include Mara and Ara. Related-sounding names include Asma (Arabic, unrelated in meaning) and Samra (Arabic/Bosnian), though these are distinct.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ | Girls | 0 | #29 | 1 | 488 |
| BN | 0 | #32 | 1 | 2,297 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| TW | 0 | #102 | 2 | 4,523 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #112 | 3 | 5,459 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #189 | 2 | 4,850 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #254 | 3 | 7,111 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #262 | 15 | 8,139 |
| Canada | Girls | 2021 | #286 | 5 | 2,910 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #335 | 9 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #335 | 11 | 7,678 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #384 | 13 | 15,987 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| CL | 0 | #433 | 2 | 6,867 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #460 | 7 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #470 | 2 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #506 | 10 | 19,177 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #524 | 30 | 20,968 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #553 | 9 | 10,655 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #562 | 25 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #592 | 24 | 16,104 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| LB | 0 | #647 | 12 | 13,263 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #650 | 5 | 13,121 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #651 | 1 | 9,488 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #695 | 3 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #762 | 6 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #860 | 76 | 25,931 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #905 | 12 | 8,487 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #907 | 9 | 14,098 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #911 | 84 | 24,821 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #922 | 34 | 5,933 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #940 | 20 | 14,742 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 80 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,139 | 5 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,149 | 4 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,167 | 10 | 20,130 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,193 | 7 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,397 | 50 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,597 | 18 | 28,008 |
Asmara is popular in 46 countries — most recent births per country:
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