Asa

אָסָא

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Biblical English
• Meaning: healer

• Asa was a righteous king of Judah who reigned for an impressive forty-one years, remembered in the Bible for his religious reforms and deep devotion to God. The name itself means "healer," which gives it a gentle, restorative quality that balances beautifully against its royal pedigree. It is one of those rare biblical names that manages to be both deeply rooted in scripture and almost startlingly simple in form.

  The legendary entertainer Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson to a Lithuanian Jewish cantor's family, starred in the first-ever talking picture. Spare, warm, and universally easy to spell and say, Asa works effortlessly across languages and cultures. It has the clean simplicity of names like Ezra and Levi but feels more understated and less expected. Three letters, a king's legacy, and a healer's touch — hard to ask for more.

• Potential Sibling Name:
  Mara
  ,
  Nessa
  ,
  Rafael
  ,
  Cobi
• Theme: positive qualities