Asa (name)

• 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 American name because of the influence of the Puritans in the 17th century.
• Asa: a Hebrew name meaning healer and/or physician.
• Åsa : a Swedish name related to one of the most ancient Norse names, referencing Æsir, which means "goddess".
• Asa : a Yoruba language word which means or refers to the 'hawk' bird.
• Asa : an Igbo Nigerian name with the meaning "Beautiful”
• Asa : Japanese name meaning "morning".
• Asa: Indonesian for "Hope".
• Asa: Portuguese means "Wing".
• Asa: means "Work."
• Asha : Nepali means "Hope"
• Asa: Punjabi means “Hope”
• Asa: Filipino means “Hope”.

  People

• Aṣa, Nigerian-French singer, songwriter, and recording artist
• Asa Akira, Japanese-American porn star
• Asa Andrew, American doctor and radio host
• Asa Baber, American author and Playboy columnist
• Asa Biggs, American politician
• Asa Briggs, British historian
• Asa S. Bushnell , American politician, 40th Governor of Ohio
• Asa Butterfield, British actor
• Asa Earl Carter, American segregationist, Ku Klux Klan leader and Western novelist
• Asa Coon, perpetrator of the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting
• Asa Griggs Candler, founder of the Coca-Cola company
• Asa Danforth, early settler in Onondaga County, New York
• Asa Gray, American botanist
• Asa Hall, English footballer
• Asa Hartford, Scottish football player and coach
• Asa Grant Hilliard III, African-American professor of educational psychology
• Asa Hutchinson, American politician and lawyer
• Asa Jackson, American football player
• Asa Jennings, American Methodist pastor who evacuated 350,000 Greeks and others from Turkey
• Asa Kasher, Israeli philosopher and linguist
• Asa Keisar, Israeli Jewish advocate for veganism
• Asa Lanova, Swiss dancer and author
• Asa Lovejoy, American businessman and politician
• Asa Mader, American film director, screenwriter and visual artist
• Asa C. Matthews, American lawyer, judge and politician
• Asa Messer, American Baptist clergyman and educator; President of Brown University from 1804 to 1826
• Asa Packer, American businessman and politician
• A. Philip Randolph, 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, lead singer of indie rock band Electric Guest
• Asa Wentworth Tenney, US federal judge
• Asa Wentworth Jr., American businessman and politician
• Asa Whitney, American merchant and transcontinental railroad promoter
• Asa Yoelson, birth name of Al Jolson, singer and actor

  Biblical reference

• Asa of Judah, third king of Judah, son of Abijam, grandson of Rehoboam

  Fictional characters

• Asa the Black Monk, a character in The Devil and Daniel Webster
• Asa Buchanan, in the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Asa Griffiths, in the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
• Asa Hawks, in the novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor and the film of the same name.
• Asa Heshel, in the novel The Family Moskat.
• Asa Phelps, in The Simpsons episode "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'
• Asa Pike, in the young adult novel series, Charlie Bone
• Asa Shigure, in the Shuffle! media franchise