Asa (name)

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

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

• Asa (/'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 (pronounced 'asha') - a Nigerian name with the meaning hawk, or little hawk.

• Åsa - Swedish name in reference to Æsir
• Asa - Japanese name with the original meaning 'morning'.
• Asa - Hebrew also means healer and/or physician, Ase

People named Asa

• Aṣa, Paris-born Nigerian singer-songwriter
• Asa, Head of the "Mbai" family of the Kamba ethnic group in Kenya
• Asa (Rapper), (Formerly known as Avain) Finnish singer; see Finnish hip hop
• Asa of Judah, Third king of Judah, son of Abijam, grandson of Rehoboam
• Asa Briggs, British historian
• Asa Buchanan, Character in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live
• Asa Butterfield, British actor in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• 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 Hartford, (Richard 'Asa' Hartford) Scottish Former professional footballer
• Asa Hutchinson, Former House Representative from Arkansas's 3rd district & former D.E.A. Administrator
• Asa Kasher (born 1940), Israeli philosopher and linguist
• Asa Mader, Artist / filmmaker
• Asa Packer, 19th century American businessman and politician
• Asa Coon, Perpetrator of the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting
• 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 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

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