Asher

Gender Masculine
Scripts אָשֵׁר (Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /a.ˈʃeʁ/ (Hebrew) /ˈæʃ.əɹ/ (American English) /ˈæʃ.ə/ (British English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew, derived from אָשַׁר (ʾashar) meaning "to be happy, to be blessed" [2] . Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.

Related Names

Rootʾashar
Other Languages & CulturesAser (Biblical Greek) Aser (Biblical Latin)

Popularity

People think this name is

upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange serious
  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h836, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h836.
  2. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h833, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h833.

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