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| Gender | Unisex (originally male) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English, Hebrew |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old English, German, Hebrew |
| Meaning | "one who lives by an ash tree or ash grove" (Old English) "fortunate" or "happy" (Hebrew) |
| Region of origin | England, Germany, Israel |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Osher Usher |
| Related names | Ash, Ashley, Ashton |
Asher is an English-language occupational surname for an ash maker, derived from the Middle English surname "Aschere" or from the German "Äscher" (Ashman).[1] It can also be a form of the Old English surname "Æsċer" (Æsċe + ere), meaning "one who lives by an ash tree or ash grove."[citation needed]
It is also a common Jewish first name and surname (Hebrew: אָשֵׁר; also transliterated as Osher and Usher) meaning "fortunate" or "happy" in Hebrew, unrelated to the Germanic occupational root. It is the name of Asher, the son of Jacob, in the Tanakh.[2]
- ^ "Ascher". Ancestry.com.[user-generated source]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Asher". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.