Asif

Where Asif comes from

From Hebrew אסף (asef, “to gather”); or Persian, Urdu آصف (āsaf, “name of Solomon's vizier”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Asif
  • Persian
  • Urdu
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #5,101 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #2,166
    24 babies named Asif — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,499.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Persian or Urdu.
Namesakes

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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.