Names

Possibly of Scythian origin meaning “blue”. In Turkic mythology Asena was a grey wolf who gave birth to the ancestor of the Ashina tribe of Turks.

Meaning unknown, probably of Turkic origin. This was the name of a 12th-century Bulgarian emperor (Ivan Asen I) and several of his successors.

From Arabic عَسَل (‘asal) meaning “honey”.

Alternate transcription of Hindi असीम (see Asim 2).

Norwegian form of Åsa, as well as a Swedish and Danish variant. It was used by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen in his play Peer Gynt (1867), where it belongs to the mother of the title character.

Spanish form of Hasdrubal.

Derived from the Old Norse elements áss “god” and dís “goddess”.

Derived from the Germanic element asc meaning “ash tree”.

Latinized form of Asklepios.

Latinized form of Asklepiades.