Asa for a boy?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| Bug Juice/ |
Anonymous
| So, your son is going to live here in the U.S? Not in Scandinavia or Isreal? And you are a native English speaker? And you did not think about a handy nick name kids will use? |
Anonymous
| I very strongly dislike this name. While I recognize it as a male name, there is nothing masculine about it, it's not cute, and the mean nickname potential is really high. And with a brother named Leo? Asa will wonder why you hate him. |
Anonymous
| Big love to King Asa, but all the Asas I grew up with were called “Ass-a” by mean kids or “Asia” by substitute teachers. I would find something else. What about Ari or Levi? |
Anonymous
| Asa is, from what I know, a girls name. In central Asia. |
Anonymous
Leo is so cute! Not crazy about Asa. How about David, Benjamin? |
Anonymous
| I had a couple of Asa’s back on my family tree on the Appalachian side. They had brothers with names like Happy and Everett. I’m glad to see it’s gone mainstream. |
Anonymous
| How do you pronounce Asa, is it ya-sah or Ah-sah? I prefer Ara. |
Anonymous
| ^ pp. also, Ari, Aram, Adam, Asher all biblical names. |
Anonymous
| I like it. I think there was a soap opera character in the 80s by that name, and that's what it calls to mind for me, but that association won't affect your child's generation. |
Anonymous
Meant ay-sah or ah-sah? |
Anonymous
| It is pronounced AY-suh. |
Anonymous
| Asaf or Aesoph is better. |
Anonymous
| I grew up in NYC and live here now, 30 years old. I knew one kid with this name in my grade when I was in middle or HS. He may have been jewish but I don’t know. I do not like the name much |
Anonymous
| What about Asher? |