Around the world, Asaf (Asaf 
, آصف 
, عساف 
, and others...) is a common boy's given name. The first name Asaf is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Israel, where it is a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name. Likewise, Asaf is the last name as well as the forename.
Asaf is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Asaf | Turkey, India, Israel, Pakistan, Azerbaijan |
| آصف | Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Syria |
| عساف | Iraq, Egypt, Palestinian Territory, Syria, Jordan |
| אסף | Israel |
| Асаф | Kazakhstan, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine |
Asaf is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Asaf , the operatic character in the opera Der Rubin.
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asaf beşpınar Turkish association football player, TR (b. 1887) |
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hale asaf Turkish female painter (1905-1938), TR (b. 1905) |
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| asaf süleyman doras Turkish politician, TR (b. 1879) |
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| asaf halet çelebi Turkish writer, TR (b. 1907) |
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asaf sirkis jazz musician, IL (b. 1969) |
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| özdemir asaf Turkish poet, TR (b. 1923) |
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| asaf i̇nhan Turkish diplomat, TR (b. 1923) |
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| asaf auerbach Czech economist, one of the Winton children, CZ (b. 1928) |
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| asaf ataseven Turkish physician, TR (b. 1932) |
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| asaf çiyiltepe Turkish actor, TR (b. 1934) |
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| asaf tengiz TR (b. 1929) |
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| asaf duraković Bosniak poet, BA (b. 1940) |
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| asaf savaş akat economist and academic, TR (b. 1943) |
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| asaf pekdeğer Turkish university teacher (1950-2011), TR (b. 1950) |
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| asaf humayun Pakistan Navy admiral, PK (b. 1951) |
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