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In my opinion, the only thing here that's "unprofessional" or "uneducated" are these shameless opinions on such a beautiful name. First of all, I think the main reason parents would give this name to their child is because it sounds pretty. As simple as that. Is it superficial? Not at all, since it's what most people do when choosing a name. You don't have to live in Asia to like how the name sounds, so I don't understand why Asian people would think that their opinion matters more than others'. You do not own the continent, nor the continent's name. Also, the real superficial thing here is people only thinking about the continent, when the name Asia can have more meanings. For example, let's consider the name's origin. It has Greek origin: the word derives from the Greek Ἀσία, meaning “resurrection”, but it also probably comes from the Semitic root "Asu", which means “light” or “rising,” a reference to the Sun, which rises in the East. The land of the East, where the Sun resurrects itself each day. Beautiful, isn't it? Also, Asia is part of the Greek mythology (which, personally, I really love): Asia was a Nereid, a nymph of the sea. She belonged to the Oceanid family, a specific tribe of nymphs that were daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Contrary to the freshwater nymphs, Oceanids were more powerful; they governed the ocean, which was referred to in ancient times as the “all-circling river”, as Ancient Greeks had thought that Afro-Eurasia was an island, surrounded by ocean (in their mind, there was no Americas or Australia). Asia is one of the 41 Oceanids described by the classical poet Hesiod. Being a daughter of two major deities, Asia possessed the power to shape and direct the world’s oceans, along with her three-thousand sisters. So, then, why would it be a "cheap" and "uneducated" name? It's a really common name in Italy and most people that I know really like it. ☆.

Asia could also be a nickname for Anastasia.

Asia (AY-zhah) in Greek also means "sunrise" I think.

Actually the word "Asia" comes from the Aramaic word "Asi" meaning east, the name of the continent derives from this.

An ancient Greek name. In Greek mythology Asia was the daughter of Oceanos and Tythes, lover of Iapetos, mother of Prometheas, Epimetheas, Atlantas and Menoitios. The name of the continent comes from her.