What does Asia mean? [ 2 syll. a-sia, as-ia ] The baby girl name Asia is pronounced EY-Z-aa â . Asia's origin is Arabic, English, and Hebrew, and its use, English and Polish. English origin, English use: It is from Asia ; asu meaning 'to rise, east'. The first name is derived from the name of the continent, which could be itself from the Assyrian asu (meaning 'to rise, east'), in reference to the rising of the sun in the east.