Asen

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Asen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country. In Bulgaria it is the 62nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched".

rarermore common
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 691(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 220K
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 9.4Kas Assen

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Asen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 named Assen, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 691 (inferred from the name graph)

Bulgaria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AsenLatin(measured from records)
АсенCyrillic(measured from records)
አሰንEthiopic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Асен in KZ Kazakhstan, DE Germany and አሰን in ET Ethiopia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched".

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Asen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Asen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ET Ethiopia—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 9.4K—አሰን7
BG Bulgaria#62≈10,000 est.≈1 in 691—Asen121
DE Germany—≈690 est.≈1 in 117K1Асен6
NL Netherlands—≈430 est.≈1 in 40K639Asen34
KZ Kazakhstan—≈260 est.≈1 in 74K340Асен8
ES Spain—2271 in 220K255Asen40
MK North Macedonia—95as Асен1 in 22K95—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Kazakhs, by region of residence; State Statistical Office — living population names; the de-leipzig-vornamen register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Asen is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Åsen, Åsén, Asén

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Spain, Cameroon

    Also written Åsen, Åsén

  • Norwegian surname36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Canada

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Spanish

    Also written Aasen, Åsen, Аасен, Aasén, Åsén

  • Turkish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Netherlands, India

    Also written Örenli, Aşen, Orenli

  • Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Åsén, Åsen

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written šen, Åsén, Åsen, Ašen, Asěn

  • Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sweden, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Åsén, Åsen

  • Arabic given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, India, Syria

    Also written Àsen, Âsên, Åsén, Ãsēn, Ãsèn

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Asen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from Germanic *ans- 'god'; cf. ON áss, OHG ans

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, from Old Norse áss/ássar 'gods, divine beings'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In Akan, a country of the Gold Coast, having Pante in the south, Wasa and Twiforo in the west, Adanse (a province of Asante) in the north, Akem in the east

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In Swedish, definite singular of as c (“one of the Æsir (Old Norse gods)”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, Used as a mild insult to or about a person whom one envies or harbors a certain dislike for.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Asen Zlatarov, b. 1885Asen Toshev, b. 1893Assen Razcvetnikov, b. 1897Assen Bossev, b. 1913Asen Hadjiolov, b. 1930Asen Kisimov, b. 1936Asen Blatechki, b. 1971Asen Karaslavov, b. 1980Asen Chalakov, b. 1983

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 41 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Asen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—255#3,447
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—227#8,188
DE GermanyStadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene20251#1
DE GermanyStadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene20151—
DE GermanyStadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen2025——

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Asen mean, and where does it come from?
The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
Is Asen a male or female name?
Asen is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Asen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Assen in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Asen?
In Spain, the national register counted 227 people named Asen, about 1 in 220 thousand residents.
How common is Asen compared with other names?
In Bulgaria, Asen is the 62nd most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Asen” — the 62nd most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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