Meaning of the nameAsaph

Asaph is a spelling of the name Asaf, which means “gathered by God”.

Meaning

“gathered by God”

Meaning of the name Asaf, of which Asaph is a spelling.

People (2022): 1,358
Rank in Brazil: #6,727
Median age: 6 years
2010 Census: 272; people

Asaph in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Asaph, 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 (625 people).

20 women 1,338 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 Asaph is most common

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

Amazonas 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio de Janeiro	220	0.001%
São Paulo	164	0.000%
Minas Gerais	154	0.001%
Amazonas	136	0.004%
Bahia	67	0.001%
Paraná	63	0.001%
Pará	62	0.001%
Espírito Santo	58	0.002%
Goiás	46	0.001%
Distrito Federal	43	0.002%
Pernambuco	42	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	40	0.000%
Santa Catarina	38	0.001%
Maranhão	37	0.001%
Ceará	29	0.000%
Paraíba	20	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	19	0.001%
Alagoas	17	0.001%
Mato Grosso	17	0.001%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

The spelling Asaph

Spelling with ph, the form that Wiktionary and Behind the Name use as the main entry for the Hebrew name.

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.

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 Asaph

What does the name Asaph mean?

Asaph means “gathered by God”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Asaf, of which Asaph is a spelling.

How many people are named Asaph in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,358 people with the first name Asaph, which ranks it number 6,727 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Asaph is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 20 women and 1,338 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Asaph?

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

In which Brazilian state is Asaph most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Asaph (136 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Asaph?

Asaf. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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