Given name & surname
Ask
“ash tree”
Ask is used as a given name and a surname. One Norwegian interpretation is “ash tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Norwegian interpretation is “ash tree.”
Ask’s family of names
In English usage, Ask as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Ash. In Danish usage, Ask has a related form in ASKE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Ask, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Asquith
“ash tree”
86% boys · 14% girls
Applegarth
“apple tree”
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Lage
“woman from the ocean”
83% boys · 17% girls
Ekstrom
“oak” · “river, current, stream”
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Engstrom
“meadow” · “stream, current”
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Engholm
“meadow” · “small island”
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Engberg
“meadow” · “mountain”
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Engdahl
“meadow” · “valley”
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