Asa?

[BlueMountains5]

My husband and I just found out that we’re having a baby boy and we’re so excited! Except for the name.. we have so many great girl names but are really struggling to find a boy’s name we like.

I love the name Asa (pronounced Ace-ah) and it’s an old family name. But I know it’s pretty uncommon. My husband really likes it too, but we don’t want to saddle our child to a name that they’ll constantly have to explain.

Thoughts?

I love it but DH vetoed it as he thought it was a name that should only really be used if you’re Jewish.

I think it's really lovely but could be mispronounced a bit

No please don't, he will be forever called "Ass a"

I know one lady called Asa , pronounced Ace-er

Think she’s of Nordic origin

It's fine.

I thought the girl's name was Åsa (pronounced "o-sa") and is Swedish

I like unusual names but this is a no from me, she will get ASSA

I like it! Don't think you'll particularly have to explain your choice, either. Go for it!

If you love it then go for it.

I would like to throw in a few suggestions just in case you want options.

Zakir
Zain
Zaid

Sorry I like Z names.

I like it,
Asa Butterfeild is the only one I have heard of

I like it, I know a couple (both male). I don't think it would have ever occurred to me to pronounce it anything other than Ace-A

I used to work with one and no one seemed to particularly struggle with the pronunciation of it.

I love it and a lot of people will be familiar with it.

@Sandysandwich ,there was an author/historian called Asa Briggs.
@snowbellsxox , it's a boy.

I know one, he's in his 40s. I quite like it as unusual names go.

I know a few (including toddlers - I think it’s a growing alternative to very popular things like Arlo).

I don’t think the adult Asa I know has ever had pronunciation problems.

I like it!

I have known a couple of Asa’s both male, I like the name.

I love it I wanted it but it would have been daft with our surname.

I've known one chap called Asa after meeting him I always pronounced his name correctly, its not a difficult name to say and it is a nice name.

I know of one Asa. It's a really nice name and not common at all. I hadn't heard of it at all before I worked with a girl who has a son named Asa.

It's a good name, I know a toddler boy called Asa and a 7yo girl called it too. I prefer it as a boy's name.

I really like it and considered it seriously for DS (12yo, eventually ended up with an Old Testament name which is not super unusual in our urban area but is not top 100).

At that time the only one I knew of was Asa Briggs, and I now also know of Asa Butterfield. I've never met one.

I like it. Asa butterfield is becoming pretty well known so it’s not unheard of. I dont think anyone is going to say it like Assa, that’s just silly.

It sounds nice but it made me think of Asda

I like it, I imagine it will get more popular as other biblical names get overused - plus the Sex Ed actor is quite big.

I don’t see why it should be limited to the Jewish community, the old and New Testament are cultural building blocks in the UK, whether you’re religious or not.

Nonsense. DH sounds a bit ignorant, I'm afraid. Asa means “physician” in Hebrew, “healer” in Arabic, and “morning” in Swahili, and 'born at dawn' in Japanese. If you go with the Hebrew origin, then it's an 'Old Testament' or 'Biblical' name, and no more exclusive to Jewish people than David, Daniel, or Jesse (to give three examples). Such names were very popular in the US among Gentiles during the 19th and earlier 20th centuries. As a kid I first encountered it as the name of Asa Pike, a character in a Tom Swift book (nobody remembers them). He was an New England farmer, would have been born around 1890, and was definitely not Jewish.