Meaning of the nameAsaf

Asaf is a male name of Hebrew origin, a variant of Asaph, which Wiktionary translates as 'gathered by God'; it is the name of Old Testament figures.

Meaning

“gathered by God”

Source: Wiktionary: Asaph

More names that mean God

People (2022): 2,287
Rank in Brazil: #4,666
Median age: 5 years
2010 Census: 334; people

Asaf in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Asaf, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,058 people).

36 women 2,251 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Asaf is most common

States with the highest share of people named Asaf in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.009%
Pará 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Amazonas	346	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	270	0.002%
Pará	196	0.002%
São Paulo	184	0.000%
Minas Gerais	179	0.001%
Bahia	165	0.001%
Maranhão	117	0.002%
Goiás	106	0.002%
Acre	93	0.011%
Paraná	77	0.001%
Espírito Santo	62	0.002%
Ceará	57	0.001%
Santa Catarina	49	0.001%
Pernambuco	46	0.001%
Amapá	42	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	38	0.000%
Rondônia	36	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	35	0.001%
Tocantins	31	0.002%
Mato Grosso	30	0.001%
Piauí	22	0.001%
Paraíba	21	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Alagoas	20	0.001%
Roraima	20	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Asaf

Asaf and Asaph are spellings of the Hebrew name אָסָף, which Wiktionary translates as 'gathered by God' and Behind the Name as 'collector'. It is the name of several minor figures in the Old Testament. The spelling Asaf is a variant of Asaph, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Asaph among the spelling variants of Asaf. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,287 people named Asaf and 1,358 named Asaph, most of them born from 2010 on.

The shorter spelling and the most common in the group; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Other spellings of Asaf

Spelling	People (2022)
Asaf	2,287
Asaph	1,358

Sources

Wiktionary: Asaph · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Asaf · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Asaph · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Asaf · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Asaf

What does the name Asaf mean?

Asaf means “gathered by God”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Asaf in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,287 people with the first name Asaf, which ranks it number 4,666 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Asaf a boy's or a girl's name?

Asaf is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 36 women and 2,251 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Asaf?

Asaf is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Asaf most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.009% of the state's population is named Asaf (346 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Asaf?

Asaph. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

Names that also mean God

See all

More names of Hebrew origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Asaf with a source. See the methodology.