Hello berries!
Today’s name is [name]Asher[/name]! What are your thoughts on the name [name]Asher[/name] for a girl? [name]Do[/name] you prefer it as [name]Asha[/name] or any other variation? [name]Do[/name] you think it sounds too much of a boys name? What does it remind you of? [name]Do[/name] you know of any girl [name]Asher[/name]'s? What are your favourite pronunciations, variations middle names and close names?
Let’s get discussing!
name-guru x
I think it could work, though I would not use it. I love it as a boy name too much! I remember a few months back someone asked what people thought about using it on a boy and tons of people were ripping her to shreds for it.
At this rate Nameberry should start a message board for “[insert boys’ name here] on a girl?!” I don’t think this is even the first time [name]Asher[/name] has been mooted as a girls’ name. Second verse, same as the first: [name]Elliot[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Carter[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Butch[/name], [name]Rambo[/name], and, yes, [name]Asher[/name], are boys’ names. Using these names on a girl is exactly as ridiculous as naming a boy [name]Jane[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Maria[/name], [name]Lily[/name], or [name]Isabel[/name]. And if you would use a boys’ name on a girl but not a girls’ name on a boy, please stop for a moment and ask yourself why. (Hint: internalized misogyny might have something to do with it!)
[name]Asher[/name] on a girl: No. [name]Asha[/name] on a girl: Yes.
I love [name]Asher[/name] for a boy. Or just [name]Ash[/name].
I love [name]Asha[/name] and [name]Aisling[/name] (pr. ash-ling) for a girl, but they have different backgrounds from each other and from [name]Asher[/name] as well. I don’t tend to think of [name]Asher[/name]/[name]Asha[/name] as interchangeable.
I don’t like [name]Ashley[/name] as much for a boy as much as [name]Ash[/name]/[name]Asher[/name] or for a girl as much as [name]Asha[/name] or [name]Aisling[/name]. I think I’m just a bit burnt out on -leys.
No. And I’ll tell you why:
Some parents like softer sounds for their sons. Some parents like named that are slightly feminine sounding.
Some parents like the name [name]Ashley[/name], which was legitimately male, but then it started to be used on girls, and it spiked a massive trend. Then it was the number one girls name in [name]America[/name]. Then it became unaccepted to name your son [name]Ashley[/name], even though it was a male name.
And then many parents have had gloss over a lovely name for their son because he would be ridiculed, and teased, and they’d receive massive amounts of side eye for it.
And then they turned to other [name]Ash[/name] names. [name]Asher[/name] being one of them.
And then balance was returned, some what.
And if [name]Asher[/name] begins to go to the girls, then there will be one less lovely [name]Ash[/name] names left for a boy to have without issue.
It is a BOYS name for a reason. I do not agree with it being used on girls, ever. Leave it alone, there are several wonderful girls names to choose from, [name]Asher[/name] doesn’t need to be an option, and it really isn’t.
Use [name]Ashley[/name] instead and nickname her [name]Asher[/name] if you’re that set on it.
Boys names on girls cause issues on paper, and it’s tiresome. I don’t view it as progressive, I view it as incredibly regressive.
applause
To east93 and augusta_lee
I think you are being incredibley rude. I believe that [name]Asher[/name] sounds more feminine than masculine, but love it on either.
I don’t understand why people need to use such rudeness when expressing their thoughts. A simple “no-how about this” would be a little more respectful! But thankyou stripedsocks and anna.bliss for being more understanding.
I fail to see the rudeness you’re alluding to in our posts, I provided an explanation as to why I did not like it. I did not insult you, nor the name.
The sound of a name doesn’t determine if it’s meant for males or females. If that was the case then [name]Gertrude[/name] would be used on boys, and [name]Andrea[/name] wouldn’t be a legitimate Italian male name.
I never said that the sound of it should make it a female name I simply said that it sounded feminine (not stating that it was a feminine name) and I also said that I love it for either.
My first exposure to [name]Asher[/name] was in the Bible as the father of one of the 12 tribes of [name]Israel[/name], so it’s a man’s name to me.
I have a friend named [name]Asha[/name] “aw-sha” so I love it. It doesn’t relate the [name]Asher[/name] as I pronounce it “ash-er”
I love the Hebrew names Asherah and [name]Ashira[/name] for girls, “a-sheer-a or asher-ah”. Asherah is a Semitic goddess while [name]Ashira[/name] means “I will sing”
I really don’t like this line of thought that if a name “sounds” soft it’s feminine. It’s kind of offensive. My 100% female name doesn’t “sound” soft does that mean I have a masculine name? [name]Asher[/name] may “sound” soft but that does not negate that it is a man’s name. Softness does not equal female.
Listen; as you said that you heard it first as a mans name, I heard it first as a female name, so therefore my thoughts are obviously different from yours-I also never said that it sounds soft and therefore feminine! I was really hoping for a discussion where people could express their POSITIVE feelings on the name and not draw on any negatives and openly disagree with other people’s opinions!
A discussion (how you labelled this thread) tends to be where you openly agree or disagree with other people’s opinions and give reasons why, which everyone has.
There’s also [name]Ashton[/name] and [name]Ashby[/name]. I also like [name]Aislinn[/name] for a girl, but not [name]Ashlyn[/name].Is it a discussion with only room for positives and no negatives and no disagreement?
I’m sorry you feel hurt but you did ask what we thought?
I mean just taking them in order:
Do you think it sounds too much of a boys name? What does it remind you of? Do you know of any girl Asher’s? What are your favourite pronunciations, variations middle names and close names?
I don’t mean to be mean. But I’m not sure what you were looking for, if not people saying what they thought of it?
My favourite androgynous-sounding Biblical names for girls are [name]Noa[/name] and [name]Michal[/name]. Or [name]Tamar[/name], if you think [name]Tamar[/name] sounds manly, which I’ve heard some people do. I might be a bit of a traditionalist in some ways, though many many people on Nameberry don’t like [name]Noa[/name] on girls either.
Nobody’s going to like all your names, or all my names, or all of anything, I don’t think anyone is trying to be mean? I don’t get mad when people don’t really like my names so I hope you can forgive me for not really being all about [name]Asher[/name] for a girl.
Thankyou:)
And I think I sort of put it wrong when I said “openly disagree”-anyway no more talk of that haha!
There is an Australian actress who’s first name is [name]Asher[/name], it suits her. The first time I heard the name [name]Asher[/name] was when I heard her name, so for ages I thought it was actually a girls name! I now also know an [name]Asha[/name] and I have known an [name]Aislinn[/name] for a long time too. All great names in my opinion. I am usually opposed to the whole boys names on girls thing, but this one doesn’t bother me because [name]Asher[/name] has a soft sound and can sound feminine, unlike [name]Maxwell[/name], [name]James[/name] etc…
Sorry, I Only just saw this:)- I didn’t mean for anything to happen, I was in a mood already then anything I read, I read it in my own angry tone, so I took it all personally.
Yes! We seem to share the exact opinion haha!
As a Polish-Australian, I grew up hearing the “[name]Asher[/name]” sound used on women all around me, in the pet form of [name]Joanna[/name], “[name]Asia[/name]” (kinda sounds more like [name]Usher[/name] though with the accent.) So for quite a while I associated it with the female persuasion. The only [name]Asher[/name], in that spelling, that I’ve ever known was the brother of girls that went to my school. But because they were South African Jews with strong religious beliefs I will always associate the male usage of [name]Asher[/name] as somewhat Jewish, and would find it a smidgen weird if it were used outside of this realm. In the same way I guess if I named my daughter [name]Lakshmi[/name] (even though I love that name).
That said, [name]Asher[/name] Keddie has to be one my favourite actresses/celebrities of all time so her name holds a special place with me. Thanks to her, [name]Asher[/name] as a girl’s names evokes intelligence, beauty and will. So I’m team female [name]Asher[/name]. And on a side note, I think Keddie would be such a cute name.
All in all, like the others, I sometimes flinch at the unisex-ification of names like [name]Elliot[/name] and [name]Christian[/name]. But I’m pretty half-half with [name]Asher[/name], kind of leaning towards the female side. I prefer [name]Archer[/name] to [name]Asher[/name] on boys.
I don’t like boys names on girls. [name]Asher[/name] is too popular for boys to work as a girls name.
I don’t like boys names on girls period. The only way I will ever find it acceptable is if you name your boy [name]Molly[/name] or [name]Susan[/name] or [name]Elizabeth[/name], etc…
Yes girls names get put on boys, but it’s very rare and often or not when people make that argument, they pick out names that are clearly unisex like [name]Robin[/name] and [name]Winter[/name]. [name]Asher[/name] is not unisex. It is a male’s name and should stay that way in my opinion.