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Asenath - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Asenath

[ syll. a-se-nat(h), as-ena-th ] The girl name Asenath is pronounced ahSEHNah-TH †. Asenath's origin is Egyptian, and its use, English and Hebrew. Biblical name: Asenath's meaning is 'she belongs to her father'. In the Bible, Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph son of Jacob to be his wife, as a gift for interpreting the Pharaoh's dreams. A variation of the name is the Spanish Azeneth.

Asenath is not widely used as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Asenath include the Greek Acantha, the name Achante, the name Achanti, the English, German, and Scandinavian Agneta, the German and Scandinavian Agnetha, the Scandinavian Agnita, the English Asante, the English Ashanta, the English Ashante, the name Ashantee, the English Ashanti, the English Ashaunta, the English Ashuntae, the Italian Assunta, the Spanish Azeneth, the German and Scandinavian Agnete, and the German Agnethe.

 



† approx pronunciation for Asenath: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)"


 
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