Asher (name)
Asher is an English-language occupational surname for an ash maker, derived from the Middle English surname "Aschere" or from the German "Äscher". It can also be a form of the Old English surname "Æsċer", meaning "one who lives by an ash tree or ash grove."
It is also a common Jewish first name and surname meaning "fortunate" or "happy" in Hebrew, unrelated to the Germanic occupational root. It is the name of Asher, the son of Jacob, in the Tanakh.
People with the surname
- Alec Asher, baseball player
- Alexander Asher, Scottish politician
- Allan Asher, Australian public affairs official and activist
- Barry Asher, American bowler
- Bud Asher, American politician, football coach and lawyer
- Gerald Asher, wine writer, ex-wine merchant
- Hank Asher, businessman
- Helen Asher, German-born Australian novelist and short story writer
- Herb Asher, university professor
- Iraena Asher, New Zealand trainee teacher and model, disappeared
- Irving Asher, motion picture producer
- Jack Asher, British cinematographer
- Jana Asher, American statistician and human rights activist
- Jane Asher, English actress and novelist
- Jane Asher (swimmer), British swimmer
- Japhet Asher, English filmmaker
- Jeremy Asher, English businessman
- John Mallory Asher, American actor and director
- Joseph Mayor Asher, English-American rabbi and professor
- Lee Asher, magician
- Max Asher, drummer of the band Warrant
- Maxine Asher, researcher and businesswoman
- Michael Asher (artist), an American conceptual artist
- Michael Asher (explorer), a British explorer and author
- Neal Asher, English science fiction writer
- Peter Asher, artist and record producer
- Richard Asher, British endocrinologist and hematologist
- Robert Asher (director), a British film and television director
- Roderick Asher, American geologist
- Tommy Asher, English footballer
- Tony Asher, American lyricist
- William Asher, American producer, director and writer
- Zev Asher, Canadian musician and film director
People with the given name
Male
- Asher, character in the Hebrew Bible
- Asher Angel, American actor
- Asher Allen, University of Georgia cornerback
- Asher Asher, Scottish physician
- Asher ben Jehiel, rabbi and Talmudist
- Asher Benjamin, American architect
- Asher Bilu, Australian artist
- Asher Blinkoff, American child actor
- Asher Book, American actor
- Asher Brown Durand, American painter
- Asher Cohen, psychologist and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Asher D (disambiguation)
- Asher Hirsch Ginsberg, pseudonym Ahad Ha'am, essayist
- Asher Grodman, American actor
- Asher Hong, American artistic gymnast
- Asher Hucklesby, mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire, UK and hat manufacturer
- Asher Karni, businessman known for involvement of Pakistani and Israeli nuclear programs
- Asher Lämmlein, German who proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Jewish Messiah in 1502
- Asher Levy, butcher who left Recife, Brazil for New Amsterdam, U.S. in 1654
- Asher Peres, Israeli physicist
- Asher Robbins, United States Senator
- Asher Roth, American rapper
- Asher Tishler, Israeli economist; president of the College of Management Academic Studies
Female
- Asher Jay, designer, artist, and conservationist
- Asher Keddie, Australian actress
- Asher Yasbincek, American actress
Fictional characters named Asher
- Asher, one of Jonas' best friends in The Giver
- Asher Lev, the main character in the 1972 novel by Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev.
- Asher Siegel, one of the protagonists in the 2023 television show The Curse