Åsa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, ǫ́ss (“god”). Cognate with Icelandic and Faroese Ása, Swedish Åsa and Danish Åse.
Proper noun
Åsa f (definite Åsa)
- a female given name from Old Norse
Related terms
- Åsbjørg, Åsfrid, Åshild
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, óss (“god”). First recorded as a (revived) given name in Sweden in 1888. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aase, Åse and Norwegian Åsa.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Åsa c (genitive Åsas)
- a female given name
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 37 515 females with the given name Åsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.