THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Asa
Asa is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Asa Miller. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Via Late Latin Asa from Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician, healer”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).
A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Asa
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Asa Miller
Filipino American alpine skier
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Asa Miller
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Asa in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Asa
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Asam·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Asi·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Asaad·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Asbi·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Asel·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Asila♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Ason♀Short form of Asuncion
- Asadan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Asa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Asa further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q3472263 — Asa (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Asa Miller (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3472263 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Asa (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.