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Ashur - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ashur

[ 2 syll. as-hur, ash-ur ] The boy name Ashur is pronounced AESHer KEY.

1: Ashur is of African-Swahili origin and it is used mainly in the Swahili language. The name is of the meaning 'born during the Moslem month of Ashur'.

2: Ashur's language of origin is Semitic. Here, the meaning is warlike.

In addition, Ashur is a variant of Asher (English and Hebrew).

Ashur is not popular as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Ashur, Asher (English and Hebrew) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ashur include Asher (English and Hebrew), Acar, Akar, Asger (Scandinavian), Asser (German), Azher (Arabic), Oscar (English, French, and Irish), Osher (Hebrew), Oskar (German and Scandinavian), Oszkar (Hungarian), Akira (Japanese), Asier (Spanish), Asmir (Slavic), Osgar (Scottish), Oskari (Finnish), Akihiro (Japanese), Azaria (English), Azariah (English), and Azarya (Hebrew).

KEY: English pronunciation for Ashur: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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