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Around the globe, Ascher (אשר , Ascher , Ашер ) is a rare epicene forename. The forename Ascher is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare mostly female, but seldom boy's name, and Bulgaria, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel, and China. Likewise, Ascher is the last name as well as the forename.
Ascher is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Asher Talos , the fictional vampire in Blade: Trinity; Asher Millstone , character in How to Get Away with Murder and Asher , the character from Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter.