Given name & surname
Asela
“the foal of a donkey”
Asela is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “the foal of a donkey.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “the foal of a donkey.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 437 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asela’s family of names
Asela has a related form in Aselah. Asela has a related form in Asella. Asela has a related form in Asellah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Asela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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