80%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from a diminutive of the Old German element asc meaning "ash tree" (Proto-Germanic *askaz). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantAscoOther Languages & CulturesAsse(Frisian) Categories diminutives, green, isograms, nature, plants, trees Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 147.