Ashur - Meaning of Ashur

What does Ashur mean?

[ 2 syll. as-hur, ash-ur ] The baby boy name Ashur is pronounced aa-SHUH-R †.

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 2011, within the group of boy names directly related to Ashur, Asher was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ashur include Aakar, Acar, Acher, Acker, Agur, Ajishar, Akar, Akare, Asger, Asghar, Ashar, Asher, Ashir, Ashor, Ashyr, Asker, Asser, Azahar, Azar, and Azhaer.

† English pronunciation for Ashur: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; UH as in "look (L.UH.K)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"