Given name
Asafe
“one who gathers or collects”
Asafe is a variant of Asaph. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who gathers or collects.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Asafe is a variant of Asaph. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who gathers or collects.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Asafe is a variant of Asaph. An origin associated with Asaph is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Asafe is a variant of Asaph. The history of Asaph gives this family its wider story. Asaph appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Asafe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,797 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,797 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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