Asa (given name)

Asa

Gender	male or female
Language(s)	various
Origin
Meaning	various

Asa is a given name in several parts of the world.

• Asa (אסא/'ay-sah/): derived from the Hebrew language, as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the third King of Judah, who reigned for forty years. It became a popular name because of the influence of the Puritans in the 17th century.
• Asa: Hebrew means healer and/or physician, Ase.
• Åsa (pronounced "o-sa"): Swedish is one of the most ancient of Nors names with reference to Æsir which means Goddess.
• Asa (pronounced "asha"): a Yoruba language word which means or refers to the 'Eagle' bird.
• Asa (pronounced "aa-saa"): an Igbo Nigerian name with the meaning "beautiful". The longer version is "Asa Mpete" also used as a title salutation for titled women.
• Asa: Japanese name with the original meaning "morning".
• Asa: Indonesian for "hope".
• Asa: Portuguese means "wing".
• Asa: [Malagasy] (native tongue of Madagascar) means "work."
• Asha : Nepali means "Hope"
• Asa: Punjabi means "Hope".

People named Asa

• Asa of Judah, third king of Judah, son of Abijam, grandson of Rehoboam
• Asa Akira, Japanese American porn star
• Asa Baber, author and columnist for Playboy
• Asa Briggs, British historian
• Asa Buchanan, character in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live
• Asa Butterfield, British child actor who starred in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Hugo and Ender's Game
• Asa Earl Carter, Ku Klux Klan leader, segregationist speech writer, and later western novelist
• Asa Coon, perpetrator of the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting
• Asa Griggs Candler (1851–1929), founder of the Coca-Cola company
• Asa Dotzler, founder and coordinator of Mozilla's Quality Assurance and Testing Program
• Asa Gray, 19th-century American botanist
• Asa Hall, English professional footballer.
• Asa Hartford (Richard "Asa" Hartford), Scottish former professional footballer
• Asa Hutchinson, former House Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district & former D.E.A. Administrator, 46th Governor of Arkansas
• Asa Kasher (born 1940), Israeli philosopher and linguist
• Asa Mader, artist/filmmaker
• Asa Lovejoy 19th-century American businessman and politician
• Asa Packer, 19th-century American businessman and politician
• Asa Phelps, character in The Simpsons episode "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'"
• Asa Philip Randolph, prominent 20th century African-American civil rights leader and founder of the first black labor union in the U.S.
• Asa Robinson, rugby league footballer of the 1900s–1920s for Great Britain, England, and Halifax RLFC
• Asa Shigure, character in the Shuffle! media franchise
• Asa Taccone, lead singer of indie rock band Electric Guest
• Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833–1897), United States federal judge
• Asa Wentworth, Jr., Vermont Senate President, 1851
• Asa Yoelson (pronounced "Asa Yoll-son"), real name of singer Al Jolson