Asa

[CheerfulYank]

Weird in a weird way, or weird in a cool way? Thoughts?

[claraquack]

I have never heard of it. It looks a bit to oclose to Asda for my liking. Sorry!

[Effjay]

Heard of one child with this name. He had a little brother called Zed. Both too odd for my liking ...

[CheerfulYank]

It's an actual name, I mean I didn't make it up or anything! It's from the Bible and I really like it, but just not sure what people's reactions to it would be.

[HinnyPet]

Depends on how you pronounce it?
If it's arse-a then nope but if it's ayza then that's quite cool!

[mazzystartled]

I'd pronounce it Orsa. I know a Swedish woman named Asa, and have heard it called across Stoke Newington's playgrounds (when I have been there visiting), and I quite like it.

[mathanxiety]

Very cool biblical name. I would pronounce it AI-sa. I love it.

[systemsaddict]

My mum's name is Aase, pronounced Orsa. She gets called Arse a lot.

[theslightlypeckishcaterpillar]

Not keen. I know an Asa, not my kind of name though.

[sweetnitanitro]

We've had this thread before. I still think it looks like an acronym for something.

[Kawaiiko]

It means "morning" in Japanese.

Is it for a boy?

[CheerfulYank]

Oh, I like the "morning" meaning Yes, it's for a boy and I was pronouncing it
Ay-sa with a strong "s" sound. I think Asa was a biblical king? Or something. I dunno. (I can practically hear my old religion teacher groaning)

Anyway I'm not pregnant but DH takes forever to make a decision so I like to subtly mention names I like for when the time comes.

Also I think Ace is kind of a cute nn. Is that trashy?

[UnrequitedSkink]

I know an Asa (pronounced Ay-sa) - he's very cool. I like it, and because it's biblical it's not as though people can accuse you of making up names, or being a wannabe - it's actually very old and traditional.

[thisisyesterday]

it's cool in a cool way IMO

though, i am slightly biased

[Thissideofchannel]

I know a Swedish Asa - she is now in her early 50s.

[seeker]

The problem is that it's one of those boy's names which sounds like a girl's.

[thisisyesterday]

does it?

[suwoo]

I love it and it was very nearly DS2's middle name- Felix Asa, but I changed my mind and went for the boring Felix Oscar instead.

My own personal opinion is that it could be perceived on first hearing as chavvy, if it was assumed to be spelled Acer. Obviously written down, you wouldn't have this problem.

Big yes from me.

[deepdarkwood]

I know a cool one
They pronounce it Ass-ur (ass as in donkey, ur as in Urdu, but with stress on ass) - family has links to Thailand, so I always assumed that was it;s derivation

[Vivia]

It's pronounced Ace-ah and it's great

[kawaiiko]

Japanese would be pronounced Ass-uh, with equal emphasis on each syllable.

I like it!

[MunchMummy]

I misread it as Asda, and now can't get that out of my head.

[CheerfulYank]

I was pronouncing it Ace-uh, due to the long-running character Asa Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live [blush. We don't say "arse" here so that wouldn't be an issue and someone saying Ace-er wouldn't happen either, so that won't be a problem.

DH says he doesn't like it, but in a non-commital way so it's possible. However, I also like the name Jack, and I don't think I'd want to have a Jack and Ace someday...

[saintmaybe]

I think it's very cool, but I'm biased too
(Hi, thisisyesterday!)

Ime, people have either heard of Asa Briggs, very splendid historian, or Asa Hartford, much -loved gentleman footballer. Rarely both.