Around the world, Usher (אשר 
, Usher 
, Ашер 
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename Usher is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare male name, Cameroon, where it is a rare male name, and Ghana. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Cameroon, and Ghana. More frequently, Usher is the last name as well as the forename.
Usher is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Usher Dog , the musical character in the musical Coraline by Stephin Merritt; Usher , the operatic character in the opera Tornrak; 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.
| sir john usher, 1st bt. (1828-1904) (b. 1828) |
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| ellis baker usher former chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, US (b. 1852) |
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ray usher Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1904) |
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| sir robert usher, 2nd bt. (1860-1933) (b. 1860) |
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| abbott payson usher American economic historian, US (b. 1883) |
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graham usher ballet dancer (b. 1938) |
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| sir john turnbull usher, 3rd bt. (1891-1951) (b. 1891) |
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| sir robert stuart usher, 4th bt. (1898-1962) (b. 1898) |
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| gray usher British crime writer (1903-1987), GB (b. 1903) |
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| sir peter lionel usher, 5th bt. (1931-1990) (b. 1931) |
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| sir robert edward usher, 6th bt. (1934-1994) (b. 1934) |
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| sir william john tevenar usher, 7th bt. (born 1940) (b. 1940) |
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| sir andrew john usher, 8th bt. (born 1963) (b. 1963) |
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| graham usher Bishop of Dudley; British Anglican bishop (b. 1970) |
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| graham alistair usher Peerage person ID=635750 |
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