Given name & surname

Ashkar

“army”

Ashkar is a surname from Arabic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ashkar is a form of Askar. Askar goes back to Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar), meaning “army.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Ashkar is a form of Askar. Askar comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ashkar’s family of names

In English usage, Ashkar as a surname has a related form in ASKAR.

Walk Ashkar’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Sibling ideas

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