Given name & surname · also Biblical Hebrew
Asser
“happy”
Asser is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew (ultimately Swedish), meaning “happy.” It is used in German and Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Asser comes from Biblical Hebrew, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Asser developed from ASSAR.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 170 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,204 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,204 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asser’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Asser shares a linguistic root with the English form Asher. In Czech usage, Asser has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Асир. In German usage, Asser has a conventional equivalent in the English form Asher.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Asser has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Asser comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Asser
- Asser ThorkilssonArchbishop of Lund1055–1137
- Asser WalleniusFinnish speed skater (1902-1971)
- Asser SaloFinnish politician1902–1938
- Asser RigDanish jarl and cheiftan1080–1151
- Asser LevyAmerican businessman1650–1682
- Asser YassinEgyptian actorborn 1981
- Asser FagerströmFinnish actor and composer (1912-1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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