Asif
given name · Latin script
Meaning: the aquatic
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əzɪf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Asif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 435(inferred from the name graph)
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 666
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 794
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 307 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 435 (inferred from the name graph)
≈540,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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 aquatic.
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Asif 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #12 | ≈540,000 est. | ≈1 in 435 | listed | Asif | 154 |
| BD Bangladesh | #95 | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 794 | listed | Asif | 129 |
| AF Afghanistan | #433 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Asif | 17 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #104 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Asif | 82 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #131 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 666 | 309 | Asif | 58 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #48 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 882 | — | Asif | 122 |
| US United States | — | 2,996 | 1 in 111K | 3K | Asif | 307 |
| BH Bahrain | #41 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Asif | 34 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Asif is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
storm; tempest
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Swift, Sharp
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
In xvo, The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: coins, sheep, beams, altars
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kab, river
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)
- Akmal Khanb. 1929PKnot in their usual namePakistani actor and singer (1929–1968)
- Asif Nawazb. 1937PKChief of Army Staff, Pakistan, 1991–1993
- Asif Maharammovb. 1952AZNational Hero of Azerbaijan (1952-1994)
- Asif Ali Zardarib. 1955PKPresident of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)
- Asif Raza Mirb. 1959PKPakistani actor
- Asif Basrab. 1967INIndian actor
- Asif Kapadiab. 1972GBBritish film director
- Asif Bajwab. 1972PKfield hockey player
- Asif Alib. 1986INIndian film actor
- Asif ZakariaINIndian politician
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 67 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #5,648 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 309 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16 | #5,648 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Asif mean, and where does it come from?
- the aquatic. Recorded by African Muslim Names.
- Is Asif a male or female name?
- Asif 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.
- How do you pronounce Asif?
- A machine transcription gives /əzɪf/ (IPA) for Urdu.
- In which country does Asif have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 537 thousand people named Asif in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asif.
- How common is the name Asif?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,996 people named Asif in 2020, about 1 in 111 thousand residents.
- How common is Asif compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Asif is the 12th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asifThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Asif” — the 12th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.