Asenath

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A name of Egyptian origin meaning 'she belongs to Neith' (an ancient goddess of war and weaving); it remains a popular female name in modern Israel (Osnat)

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

/æsɪnæθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Asenath is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 781K(measured from records)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 32K
  • GYGuyana1 in 150K

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.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
113 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A name of Egyptian origin meaning 'she belongs to Neith' (an ancient goddess of war and weaving); it remains a popular female name in modern Israel (Osnat).

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Asenath 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 Asenath is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya≈1,700 est.≈1 in 32K—Asenath8
NG Nigeria≈680 est.≈1 in 316K—Asenath10
US United States4261 in 781K421Asenath113
EG Egypt≈120 est.≈1 in 844K—Asenath6
BR Brazil≈110 est.≈1 in 2M23——
GY Guyana51 in 150K5—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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Asenath is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Asénath

37 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)

Asenath 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.

  • She represents the inclusion of gentile blood into the lineage of Israel and is often interpreted typologically in Christian theology as a figure of the Church (the Bride) uniting with Christ (Joseph).

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • Biblical name, borne by Joseph's Egyptian wife (Genesis 41:45), who became the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim. The name is said to have meant ‘she belongs to her father’ in Ancient Egyptian.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In English, An Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

  • Belonging to Neith

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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)

150016001700180019002000Asenath Barzani, b. 1590Asenath Clark, b. 1780Asenath Hatch Nicholson, b. 1792Annie Adams, b. 1847Asenath Wallace Carothers, b. 1859Asenath Bole Odaga, b. 1938

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)

FormalDear Asenath,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 17 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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 Asenath mean, and where does it come from?
A name of Egyptian origin meaning 'she belongs to Neith' (an ancient goddess of war and weaving); it remains a popular female name in modern Israel (Osnat). Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
How do you pronounce Asenath?
A machine transcription gives /æsɪnæθ/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Asenath?
In the etymology graph, Osnat, Aseneth and Asenneth are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Asenath a male or female name?
Asenath is a female 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 Asenath have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Asenath in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asenath.
How common is the name Asenath?
In the United States, the national register counted 426 people named Asenath in 2020, about 1 in 781 thousand residents.

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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, “Asenath”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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