Forename Asaf

Around the world, Asaf (Asaf , آصف , عساف , and others...) is a common boy's given name. The first name Asaf is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Israel, where it is a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name. Likewise, Asaf is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Asaf is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Asaf

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Asaf	Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, India
آصف	Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran
عساف	Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Palestinian Territory, Iraq
אסף	Israel
Асаф	Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Asaph, Assaf, Asâf, Asāf, Açaf, آساف, أساف, أصف, اساف, اصاف, اصف, and عثمان

First name Asaf in the context

Asaf is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Asaf , the operatic character in the opera Der Rubin.

Notable namesakes

	asaf beşpınar Turkish association football player, TR (b. 1887)
	hale asaf Turkish female painter (1905-1938), TR (b. 1905)
	asaf süleyman doras Turkish politician, TR (b. 1879)
	asaf halet çelebi Turkish writer, TR (b. 1907)
	asaf sirkis jazz musician, IL (b. 1969)
	özdemir asaf Turkish poet, TR (b. 1923)
	asaf i̇nhan Turkish diplomat, TR (b. 1923)
	asaf auerbach Czech economist, one of the Winton children, CZ (b. 1928)
	asaf ataseven Turkish physician, TR (b. 1932)
	asaf çiyiltepe Turkish actor, TR (b. 1934)
	asaf tengiz TR (b. 1929)
	asaf duraković Bosniak poet, BA (b. 1940)
	asaf savaş akat economist and academic, TR (b. 1943)
	asaf pekdeğer Turkish university teacher (1950-2011), TR (b. 1950)
	asaf humayun Pakistan Navy admiral, PK (b. 1951)