Asen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies

Asen by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Asen.

What we can tell you about Asen

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 Asen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aspenaspen tree; trembling tree1,113 in the US (2017)
  • Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
  • Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
  • Alenbright; a form of Alan38 in the US (2017)
  • Arsenmasculine and strong; a form of arsenio31 in the US (2017)
  • Aserhappy, blessed; a form of Asher11 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Asen

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

  • Ahsanmost beautiful, most excellent16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ghassanyouth or generosity8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aasona form of Aaron; mountain of strength9 in the US (2017)
  • Acen53 in the US (2017)
  • Ayson48 in the US (2017)
  • Aycen30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Asen

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