The baby name Åse is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈoːsə/ (Norwegian) — approx. "AW-seh" or "OH-seh".
Åse is Norwegian, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Åse is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈoːsə/ (Norwegian) — approx. "AW-seh" or "OH-seh".
Åse is Norwegian, Scandinavian in Origin.
Åse is a Scandinavian feminine name from Old Norse Ása, a short form of Ás- names built on áss “god, one of the Æsir,” so its meaning is roughly “goddess” or “of the gods.” Used in Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, it is pronounced OH-seh. Spelling variants include Åsa (especially Swedish), Aase (pre-1917 Norwegian and still in Denmark), and simplified Asa; related forms appear in compounds like Åshild and Åslaug.
Documented in Scandinavia since the medieval period, Åse gained wide everyday use in Norway and Denmark, with peak popularity in the mid-20th century; in Sweden, closely related Åsa dominated the 1960s–70s. A well-known bearer is Peer’s mother Aase in Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (1867). Today the name feels traditional yet brisk, and international use sometimes adopts the diacritic-free Asa - though this coincides with the unrelated Hebrew male name Asa.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #70 | 64 | 453 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #250 | 67 | 7,429 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #729 | 10 | 3,895 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
Åse is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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