Asen
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The Hebrew name Hashum (חָשֻׁם) is understood to mean "rich," "wealthy," or "enriched"
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.
- 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)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 691 (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 named Assen, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | አሰን | 7 |
| BG Bulgaria | #62 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 691 | — | Asen | 121 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Асен | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 40K | 639 | Asen | 34 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 74K | 340 | Асен | 8 |
| ES Spain | — | 227 | 1 in 220K | 255 | Asen | 40 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 95as Асен | 1 in 22K | 95 | — | 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. 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)
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)
- Asen Zlatarovb. 1885BGBulgarian scientist
- Asen Toshevb. 1893BGBulgarian military officer
- Assen Razcvetnikovb. 1897BGnot in their usual name20th-century Bulgarian writer
- Assen Bossevb. 1913BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian writer (1913-1997)
- Asen Hadjiolovb. 1930BGBulgarian biologist
- Asen Kisimovb. 1936BGBulgarian actor
- Asen Blatechkib. 1971BGBulgarian actor
- Asen Karaslavovb. 1980BGBulgarian footballer
- Asen Chalakovb. 1983BGBulgarian footballer
- Asen Asenovactor
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.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 12 | #109,635 |
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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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/asenThe 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, “Asen” — the 62nd most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.