Given name
Asenath
“she belongs to her father”
Asenath is used as a given name. One interpretation is “she belongs to her father.”
Original Hebrewאסנת
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “she belongs to her father.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'asa (אסה), “to suffer harm.”
From biblical name research
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Asenath appears in Genesis 41:50-52.
From biblical name research
Asenath through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 493
- 0 boys · 493 girls
- Most popular year
- 1941
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #8,935 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,935 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 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.
Asenath’s family of names
Asenath has a related form in Acenath. Asenath has a related form in Acenathe. Asenath has a related form in Asenathe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Asenath
- Asenath BarzaniKurdish female rabbi, scholar and yeshiva head in Mosul, Iraq1590–1670
- Asenath Bole OdagaKenyan publisher and author1938–2014
- Asenath NicholsonAmerican writer, philanthropist and activist (1792–1855)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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