Maasa (まあさ)

Maasa is read まあさ and has 3 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 希麻, 真亜佐 and 真亜沙. All three are feminine.

Reading

ま·あ·さ (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Maasa

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 希麻
    まあさ
    Feminine

    Hope

    • 希— hope
    • 麻— chosen for sound
  • 真亜佐
    まあさ
    Feminine

    True + help

    • 真(ま)— true
    • 亜(あ)— chosen for sound
    • 佐(さ)— help
  • 真亜沙
    まあさ
    Feminine

    True

    • 真(ま)— true
    • 亜(あ)— chosen for sound
    • 沙(さ)— chosen for sound

The kanji in Maasa

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 真true2 spellings
  • 亜chosen for sound2 spellings
  • 希hope1 spelling
  • 麻chosen for sound1 spelling
  • 佐help1 spelling
  • 沙chosen for sound1 spelling

Maasa with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Names that sound similar

Names that start or end with the same sounds.

Makoto (まこと)Mamoru (まもる)Masato (まさと)Manabu (まなぶ)

Maasa on our lists

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Questions about Maasa

Is Maasa a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Maasa is feminine.

What does Maasa mean?

Maasa is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 希麻 reads as "hope", 真亜佐 reads as "true + help" and 真亜沙 reads as "true". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Maasa be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 希麻, 真亜佐 and 真亜沙. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Maasa?

まあさ is 3 beats: ま · あ · さ. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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