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ASA - how would pronounce this name?

165 replies

lostinmusic123 · 22/09/2024 21:27

Love this name for a boy.

Are we going to get lots of "Azza" and "Ass-a" pronouncing?

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herecomesautumn · 23/09/2024 01:01

Ay sah. Like Asa Hartfield the ex footballer

Anisty · 23/09/2024 00:54

Never seen the name before, but read it as Ay cer straight away.

TeaOrCoffeeOrHotChocolate · 23/09/2024 00:39

Like the tree.

It's a great name.

Though hopefully won't get the nn Ace as I hate that!

Marcipex · 23/09/2024 00:27

Acer
I would spell it that way too. I think Asa has too much teasing potential.

HotCrossBunplease · 23/09/2024 00:17

Hold on- is it Ay-sa or Ace-a (Acer if you’re non-rhotic)?

Those two pronunciations are different.

HotCrossBunplease · 23/09/2024 00:15

AmeliaEarache · 22/09/2024 23:31

Asa Butterfield has been in quite a lot of films, I’d have thought most people would have heard of him (he’s particularly good in Hugo)

Ay-sa. Nice name.

I have seen his name written down loads but never heard anyone say it!

Never heard of Asa Briggs.

Happygib · 23/09/2024 00:11

My Asa (Ay-sa) is ten and hes never been teased for his name/had it mispronounced.
Nickname-Ace, which of course he is.

AmeliaEarache · 22/09/2024 23:31

Asa Butterfield has been in quite a lot of films, I’d have thought most people would have heard of him (he’s particularly good in Hugo)

Ay-sa. Nice name.

IDoLikeToBeByTheSea · 22/09/2024 23:28

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:21

I’m quite shocked at the number of posters saying they haven’t heard or seen the name before. It’s a male biblical name. And Asa Briggs is famous.

I haven’t heard the name before (despite teaching for many years) and I would have pronounced it Ass-er too. Not religious and haven’t heard of Asa Briggs.

BoreOffAboutYerChickensEmma · 22/09/2024 23:27

NowyouhaveDunnett · 22/09/2024 21:38

Ay-sa. I was at school with a boy called Asa. His nickname was Asa Spades

I was at work with an Asa who had the same nickname until Ace of Bass became a thing, then it was Ace of Bass

Also had a great uncle Asa, who was lovely (and from Yorkshire).

Asa also autocorrects to ASA which is a nuisance.

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:21

I’m quite shocked at the number of posters saying they haven’t heard or seen the name before. It’s a male biblical name. And Asa Briggs is famous.

HotCrossBunplease · 22/09/2024 23:19

I’d read it as Azza.

doubleshift · 22/09/2024 23:17

Asa Briggs historian and code breaker at Bletchley.
Ay-cer

Sashya · 22/09/2024 23:15

Never heard of the name. Looks like a girl's name to me,
For a boy - I can only imagine the sort of teasing the poor kid will endure with a name spelling close to a piece of anatomy little boys would find so funny.
If you want him to be called Acer - better spell it that way

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:14

winz · 22/09/2024 22:19

My aunt is Swedish and is called Åsa. It's pronounced O-sa. Lovely name.

That’s a different name, though.

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:13

Ay-sa. It can’t be Ass-a, because that isn’t logical in English pronunciation rules.

Astrabees · 22/09/2024 23:05

The footballer Asa Hartford, now 73, is the one that first came to mind when I saw this thread. I knew someone who had a son called Asa too. He would be in his forties now. Definitely pronouncer “Acer” .

Autumnweddingguest · 22/09/2024 22:40

Ay-suh - that's how the only Asa I ever met pronounced it.

FloydGerhardt · 22/09/2024 22:38

I know two people with this name and they pronounce it Orsa.

Normallynumb · 22/09/2024 22:29

Ay Sah
Lovely name

Sunplanner · 22/09/2024 22:23

The only one I know of is Asa Briggs, late/great historian.

wickerlady · 22/09/2024 22:20

Like NASA but without the N 😆

winz · 22/09/2024 22:19

My aunt is Swedish and is called Åsa. It's pronounced O-sa. Lovely name.

Willyoushutthefrontdoor · 22/09/2024 22:19

As others have said. Aysa. We have 2 Asa's where I live. Older young men now. Never heard it anywhere else tbh. Nice name

Lindy2 · 22/09/2024 22:18

I would have thought Asa Butterfield has made the name more known. He is the only Asa I've heard of but it's a pretty good name. Different but without being too unusual.

Even if people have to check the correct pronunciation when they first see it written down, it's not going to be a difficult name to say or remember after that.

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