Entry № 1018 · Japanese origin

Asuka Asuka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-soo-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Tomorrow's fragrance"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "tomorrow's fragrance".

Asuka is widely used in Japan.

Tomorrow's fragrance. The Asuka capital.

The name in its native script.

明日香
Transliteration
Asuka
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.suː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Asuka stands.

Asuka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Asukas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Asuka Langley
Character in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
1995 anime

Names connected to Asuka.

The number behind Asuka.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Asuka reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.