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 [ 2 syll. a-sa, as-a ] The boy name Asa is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AASah KEY. Asa is used predominantly in the English and Hebrew languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Biblical name derived literally from the element 'asa' which means doctor, healer. Asa was originally used as a byname. In the Bible, it was borne by an outstanding early king of Judah who reigned for forty years. The biblical connections led to its adoption by the Puritans in the 17th century. Asa is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1907 with 0.025% of baby boys being given the name Asa. It ranked at #351 then. The baby name has since experienced a marked loss in popularity, and is in recent years of infrequent use. In 2008, its usage was only 0.018% and its ranking #633, but it was nonetheless the most widely used among all boy names in its group. Asa has in the past century been mostly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Asa include Aakesh (Indian), Achaz (German), Acie (English), Ahas (German), Aigeus (Greek), Ajaz (Urdu), Akash, Akule, Ashish (Indian), Ashok (Indian), Asid (English), Assid (English), Azi, Aziz (Arabic and Urdu), Chago (Spanish), Isaac (English), Isai (English), Isaïe (French), Issac (English), and Izaak (Polish). Details of famous persons named Asa: KEY: Pronunciation for Asa: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
