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Asa is a given name in several parts of the world. In English, the usual pronunciation is /'e?s?/ or /'e?z?/.
- Asa (???): derived from the Hebrew language, as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the third King of Judah, who reigned for forty years. It became a popular name because of the influence of the Puritans in the 17th century.
- Asa: Hebrew means healer and/or physician, Ase.
- Åsa (pronounced "o-sa"): Swedish is one of the most ancient of Norse names with reference to Æsir which means Goddess.
- Asa (pronounced "asha"): a Yoruba language word which means or refers to the 'Eagle' bird.
- Asa (pronounced "aa-saa"): an Igbo Nigerian name with the meaning "Beautiful"
- Asa (? or ??): Japanese name meaning "morning".
- Asa: Indonesian for "Hope".
- Asa: Portuguese means "Wing".
- Asa: [Malagasy] (native tongue of Madagascar) means "Work."
- Asha : Nepali means "Hope"
- Asa: Punjabi means "Hope"
- Asa: Filipino means "Hope".
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People
- Asa Akira (born 1986), Japanese-American porn star
- Asa Baber (1936-2003), American author and Playboy columnist
- Asa Biggs (1811-1878), American politician
- Asa Briggs (1921-2016), British historian
- Asa S. Bushnell (governor) (1834-1904), American politician, 40th Governor of Ohio
- Asa Butterfield, British child actor
- Asa Earl Carter (1925-1979), American segregationist, Ku Klux Klan leader and Western novelist
- Asa Coon, perpetrator of the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting
- Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929), founder of the Coca-Cola company
- Asa Danforth (1746-1818), early settler in Onondaga County, New York
- Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist
- Asa Hall (born 1986), English footballer
- Asa Hartford (born 1950), Scottish football player and coach
- Asa Grant Hilliard III (1933-2007), African-American professor of educational psychology
- Asa Hutchinson (born 1950), American politician, businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Arkansas and former DEA administrator
- Asa Jackson (born 1989), American football player
- Asa Jennings (1877-1933), American Methodist pastor who evacuated 350,000 Greeks and others from Turkey
- Asa Kasher (born 1940), Israeli philosopher and linguist
- Asa Keisar (born 1973), Israeli Jewish advocate for veganism
- Asa Lanova (1933-2017), Swiss dancer and author
- Asa Lovejoy (1808-1882), American businessman and politician
- Asa Mader (born 1975), American film director, screenwriter and visual artist
- Asa C. Matthews (1833-1908), American lawyer, judge and politician
- Asa Packer (1805-1879), American businessman and politician
- A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979), African-American leader of the Civil Rights Movement and founder of the first black labor union in the U.S.
- Asa Robinson, rugby league footballer
- Asa Taccone (born 1983), lead singer of indie rock band Electric Guest
- Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897), US federal judge
- Asa Wentworth Jr. (1797-1882), American businessman and politician
- Asa Whitney (1797-1874), American merchant and transcontinental railroad promoter
- Asa Yoelson (1886-1950), real name of singer Al Jolson
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Biblical or fictional characters
- Asa of Judah, third king of Judah, son of Abijam, grandson of Rehoboam
- Asa Buchanan, in the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Asa Griffiths, in the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- Asa Phelps, in The Simpsons episode "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'"
- Asa Shigure, in the Shuffle! media franchise
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See also
- Åsa, a feminine given name
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