Asar

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Asar by the numbers

Asar was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Asar

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Asaphysician, healer659 in the US (2017)
  • Amarlong-lived or immortal55 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asadlion32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asirdifficult, hard, challenging24 in the US (2017)
  • Aserhappy, blessed; a form of Asher11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asafgatherer or one who gathers13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Asar

Names that are said the same way as Asar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Acermaple tree41 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aasirdifficult, mighty33 in the US (2017)
  • Asserone who is blessed; a form of Asher7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aseerprisoner, captive7 in the US (2017)
  • Ausar20 in the US (2017)
  • Ahsir5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Asar

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