Given name & surname
Asis
“of the sun”
Asis is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “of the sun.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 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 boys is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 635 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.
Asis’s family of names
Asis has a related form in Asiss. Asis has a related form in Assis. Asis has a related form in Assiss.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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