Asher
Asher means Blessed, fortunate, Kerala Christian name.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | A |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Blessed, fortunate, Kerala Christian name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Shreya — Meanings families give: Auspicious, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, excellent; Auspicious, best; one who brings good fortune; Auspicious, better, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, prosperity; Beautiful, auspicious, fortunate
- Yashvi — Meanings families give: Famous, successful; Famous, successful, glorious; Famous, fortunate; Famous, glorious, brilliant
- Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
- Dhanya — fortunate, happy, auspicious
- Kalyani — Meanings families give: Auspicious, one who brings welfare; Auspicious, beautiful, fortunate; Auspicious, bestower of good fortune; Auspicious, fortunate, goddess Lakshmi; Auspicious, blessed, prosperous
- Rupashree — Beautiful, fortunate in form
More boys' names of Malayalam origin
- Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
- Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
- Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
- Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
Where this comes from
Asher has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.