Name: Asa
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Asa, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Asa are in general originating from Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Asa across the world, see Åsa.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Asa is: Doctor, Physician.
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Numerology of the first name Asa: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Asa is ranked on the 2,989th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 119700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Asa has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Asa for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Asa is a given name in several parts of the world.
- Asa (אסא/'ay-sah/): derived from the Hebrew language, as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the third King of Judah, who reigned for forty years. It became a popular name because of the influence of the Puritans in the 17th century.
- Asa: Hebrew means healer and/or physician, Ase.
- Åsa (pronounced "o-sa"): Swedish name in reference to Æsir
- Asa (pronounced "asha"): a Yoruba Nigerian name with the meaning hawk, or little hawk.
- Asa (pronounced "aa-saa"): an Igbo Nigerian name with the meaning "beautiful". The longer version is "Asa Mpete" also used as a title salutation for titled women.
- Asa: Japanese name with the original meaning "morning".
- Asa: Indonesian for "hope".
- Asa: Portuguese means "wing".
Biblical: name of one of the early kings of Judah, who reigned for forty years, as recorded in 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles. It was originally a byname meaning ‘doctor, healer’ in Hebrew, and is still a common Jewish name. It was first used among English-speaking Christians by the Puritans in the 17th century, and although now far from common, it has never completely dropped out of use. In the 20th century it is largely known as the given name of the historian Asa Briggs and of the footballer Asa Hertford. See also Åsa.
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