The baby name Asafa is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /əˈsɑːfə/ (uh-SAH-fuh),/ɑˈsɑːfə/ (ah-SAH-fah).
The baby name Asafa is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /əˈsɑːfə/ (uh-SAH-fuh),/ɑˈsɑːfə/ (ah-SAH-fah).
Asafa is Akan, Arabic, Hebrew in Origin.
Asafa is a cross-cultural masculine given name with two well-attested sources. In Hebrew, it corresponds to Asaf/Asaph (אסף), from the verb asaf “to gather,” yielding meanings such as “gatherer” or “God has gathered”; the biblical Asaph was a Levite singer credited with several Psalms. In Ethiopian usage, Asafa reflects the Amharic/Tigrinya name Assefa/Asefa, from the verb aseffa “to widen, to increase,” interpreted as “he made it abundant/expanded.”
Usage spans Jewish and Christian communities via the Asaph tradition, and modern Ethiopia and Eritrea where Assefa is frequent as a given name and as a patronymic. The spelling Asafa gained wider international notice through Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell. Variants and related forms include Asaf, Asaph (Hebrew), Assefa, Asefa, Asseffa (Ethiopian). Unrelated but phonetically similar: Turkish Sefa and Akan Asafo.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| NG | 0 | #267 | 6 | 5,926 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #460 | 7 | 10,523 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #758 | 29 | 15,093 |
| SY | 0 | #766 | 2 | 11,684 | |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #886 | 66 | 16,906 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 36 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,196 | 4 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,683 | 9 | 28,008 |
Asafa is popular in 19 countries — most recent births per country:
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