Asher (name)
Asher is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a variant of the English surname "Ash", plus the suffix "-er", which is usually attached to indicate a native or inhabitant of a particular place. In this instance "Asher" is a topographical surname for a dweller by a prominent ash tree, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "aesc", ash, plus "-er", as described above.
Asher is also a common Jewish and Christian given name, after a character in the Old Testament.
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