The baby name Ask is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /æsk/ (rhymes with "task" without the t).
Ask is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Ask is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /æsk/ (rhymes with "task" without the t).
Ask is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
From Old Norse askr, “ash tree,” Ask is the mythic name of the first man in Norse cosmology, paired with Embla. Attested in the Poetic and Prose Eddas, its botanical root links to the ash, a tree valued in Germanic tradition for resilience and protective wood (e.g., spear-ash). The name therefore carries connotations of vitality, endurance, and rootedness.
As a given name, Ask appears in medieval texts primarily as a mythic figure; secular use emerged sporadically in Scandinavia, gaining modern revival since the late 20th century in Denmark and Norway, with rarer use in Sweden; Icelandic form Askur remains established. Danish Aske functions as a close variant; English Ash may be used as a cognate. Pronounced AHSK in Scandinavian languages; in English it matches the verb ask, which some families embrace for its sleek, one-syllable profile.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET | 0 | #6 | 1 | 246 | |
| BN | 0 | #32 | 1 | 2,297 | |
| Norway | Boys | 2025 | #64 | 90 | 444 |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #77 | 3 | 3,375 |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #92 | 1 | 865 |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| IQ | 0 | #130 | 4 | 3,533 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #179 | 4 | 1,509 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| DK | 0 | #192 | 12 | 5,198 | |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #214 | 7 | 3,850 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #214 | 10 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| BD | 0 | #234 | 8 | 5,992 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #250 | 2 | 6,592 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #250 | 4 | 6,830 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #262 | 2 | 7,056 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #269 | 21 | 6,578 |
| NG | 0 | #271 | 2 | 5,926 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #305 | 21 | 7,401 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #328 | 5 | 5,862 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #350 | 2 | 5,378 |
| MY | 0 | #351 | 4 | 12,352 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #355 | 7 | 8,138 |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #387 | 10 | 15,987 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #390 | 9 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| EG | 0 | #408 | 5 | 6,387 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #426 | 4 | 13,098 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #453 | 52 | 11,303 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #458 | 9 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #485 | 14 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #488 | 18 | 12,621 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #499 | 1 | 7,625 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #504 | 12 | 19,177 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| LY | 0 | #523 | 13 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #544 | 2 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #545 | 3 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #550 | 8 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #554 | 8 | 10,655 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #556 | 21 | 10,045 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #559 | 7 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #593 | 5 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #619 | 7 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #620 | 48 | 13,071 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #629 | 4 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #642 | 4 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #648 | 7 | 13,121 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #678 | 5 | 3,552 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #682 | 26 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #683 | 15 | 17,960 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SY | 0 | #714 | 15 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #734 | 36 | 18,755 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #812 | 18 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #824 | 15 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #835 | 52 | 15,035 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #847 | 35 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #888 | 48 | 25,931 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #921 | 39 | 14,742 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #936 | 16 | 16,906 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #937 | 15 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #940 | 13 | 5,697 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #943 | 13 | 5,933 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #956 | 46 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #964 | 31 | 24,821 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,056 | 56 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,059 | 34 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,078 | 51 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,116 | 61 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,150 | 29 | 25,619 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| TR | 0 | #1,187 | 25 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,459 | 13 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,479 | 136 | 28,008 |
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