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Asher as a boy's name?

47 replies

fionadal · 29/10/2014 13:28

Hi, I have recently met 2 baby Ashers! Never heard the name before, but it really appeals to me. Looked it up and it's a Biblical name, one of Joseph's brothers.

What are people's reactions to it? Different but too different?

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TooManyButtons · 29/10/2014 13:31

It was the only boy's name I liked when pregnant with DD 17 years ago. I still like it, I've never met a real Asher though.

BreeVDKamp · 29/10/2014 13:32

Love it!

CiderwithBuda · 29/10/2014 13:34

I like it. Have a friend who called her DS Asher. He would be about 10 now.

halfdrunkcoffee · 29/10/2014 13:34

I know a 36-year-old Asher (male). (The son of an old friend of my mum). He's the only one I've met. I like the name.

carlsonrichards · 29/10/2014 13:35

Love it!

BlueChampagne · 29/10/2014 15:40

Sounds like a winner.

Mouthfulofquiz · 29/10/2014 15:53

Love it.

FavaBeanPyramidScheme · 29/10/2014 16:09

I thought it was an Indian name... I must be going mad. I like it but don't like "Ash" as a nickname so wouldn't choose it myself.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 29/10/2014 16:39

I absolutely love it. Would have been dd2's middle name, had she been ds.

spamanderson · 29/10/2014 16:47

I love it, it's one of my fave boys names :)

Howlingowl · 29/10/2014 16:48

Ditto love it!!

bexibean · 29/10/2014 19:01

It's great. Would be v high on my list but we have close friends with a four year old Asher. Use it for me!

Yika · 29/10/2014 19:03

Love it, love it, love it.

Bartlebee · 29/10/2014 19:05

Love it.

Snapespotions · 29/10/2014 20:56

A former colleague had a ds called Asher. I quite liked it.

The Indian name Asha is for girls, I think.

Ash is quite a nice nickname.

Kantha · 29/10/2014 21:12

I once worked with an Asher. He was a bit of a hedonistic womaniser. Quite glamorous though and I have always liked the name probably because of that.

rastamam · 29/10/2014 21:16

I really like it, also it means Happy which is super lovely

Devora · 29/10/2014 21:16

I've always liked Asher.

ItsNotEasyBeingGreenAndWarty · 29/10/2014 21:18

I know an Asha, she's a girl. Asher is a nice name but seems quite feminine to me.

BarryGoosey · 29/10/2014 22:02

I have a little Asher :) Had a 100% positive reaction. It also means blessing in Hebrew. Lots of positivity about Asher in the Torah. We wanted a Hebrew name and loved the fact that it's not common but is also very accessible.

BarbaraManatee · 29/10/2014 22:14

We have an Asher. So far we've had a couple of Confused looks when we've pointed out that he's a boy... Including one at a church who protested that it was a girl's name & looked positively offended when we said it was biblical. Mostly the reaction has been positive though.

I love it. We struggled to find names we both liked, given that I liked the more 'patriarchal' biblical names like Abraham, Moses, etc. & DH prefers the more common Matthew/David types. It was a good compromise for us. Unusual, easy to pronounce & spell & none of the 'old man' connotations that DH objected to with most of my suggestions! Smile

SwedishEdith · 29/10/2014 22:22

Oh, I really like it but I'd hate it getting shortened to Ash (which I think would happen) My fictional sons are Asher and Jesse (but we also live in New York)

SwedishEdith · 29/10/2014 22:25

And I would never think of it as a girl's name if I heard it said out loud

dorasee · 29/10/2014 22:28

Great name from the Old Testament. My friend named her son Asher. Lovely name.

TsukuruTazaki · 29/10/2014 22:30

It's really nice.

Written down it's clearly male but as Asha is more common than Asher and they sound identical (at least they do in my accent) I can see how there could be some confusion. Don't think it would be a big problem though.

Alternatives could be Ashton or Archer but they don't have the same soft biblical vibe.