Asher

Where Asher comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).
— Wiktionary's entry for Asher
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 2002
    Asher Angel born
    American actor
  3. 2022
    Peak, #20
    8,418 babies named Asher — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
  • A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Namesakes
  • Asher Angel · American actor, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.