Given name & surname
Asif
“one who gathers or collects”
Asif is a variant of Asaph. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who gathers or collects.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Asif is a variant of Asaph. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who gathers or collects.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Asif 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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Asif 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
Asif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 603
- 603 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,482 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +64%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,482 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,996 as a first name in 2020; 2,364 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asif’s family of names
In English usage, Asif shares a linguistic root with the Bengali form আসিফ. Asif has a related form in Asaph. In Bengali usage, Asif is a Roman-alphabet rendering of আসিফ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Asif
- Asif Ali ZardariPresident of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)born 1955
- Asif KapadiaBritish film directorborn 1972
- Asif ibn Barkhiyafigure in Islamic tradition who brought Queen of Sheba's throne to Solomon
- Asif AliIndian film actorborn 1986
- Asif Bajwafield hockey playerborn 1972
- Asif MaharammovNational Hero of Azerbaijan (1952-1994)
- Asif BasraIndian actor1967–2020
- Asif Nawaz JanjuaChief of Army Staff, Pakistan, 1991–19931937–1993
- Asif MohiuddinBangladeshi blogger and activistborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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