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Also Norwegian and Danish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ask
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Hmm...I don't hate it. The puns below are quite funny, but I really like this name, especially the meaning. I can totally see "ash tree" in this name now...
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I like this name in Norwegian, and it's perfectly fine to use if you live in Norway. Though it may be challenging when the kid gets older as the world is a lot more globalised than it used to be. And it will probably continue getting even more globalised. But maybe combine it with a middle name that works better in English, so the kid can choose to use that instead when needed.
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Ask is such a weird name to have. I don’t hate it, but I wouldn’t use it. A lot of word names as human names make me want to laugh, they just sound silly. I wouldn’t suggest you name your kids this. They’re going to be set up for lifetime teasing about them being named after a question. The meaning doesn’t even make sense to me.
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Ask Ask me what?
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I can see it now... "What's your name?" "Ask." "I just did."
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Funny comment above me but I think this name is so unique and cool.
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It's important to keep in mind that this name is NOT English and is therefore not pronounced like the English verb 'Ask' - the word 'Ask' is pronounced with a long 'a', like this: /a:sk/. In fact, since, in this case, the word (ie the name) is Norwegian, all English vowel-length rules and so on are utterly useless and obviously do not apply. Therefore, the given name 'Ask' is pronounced with a short 'a' and straight forward like this: /Ask/ and it consists of one syllable.
This name is still used in Norway and, while not exceedingly common, it's not uncommon either. It's generally very well liked.
In Norwegian 'Ask' means 'ash tree'.
It's also the name of several places in Norway.
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This name is still used in Norway and, while not exceedingly common, it's not uncommon either. It's generally very well liked.
In Norwegian 'Ask' means 'ash tree'.
It's also the name of several places in Norway.
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I had no idea this was a name... I just think of "Ask" as in "Ask me a question"...
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I don't really like this name since it's a verb:), but if you were going to name your kid this I might pronounce it so it doesn't sound like it looks. If you like this name I would name it that and not care about what people think... Good Luck:)
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Ask and Embla isn't just Norse mythology. It's Nordic Mythologic!
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Old Norse askr literally means "ash tree" (see Yggdrasil. The first meaning, "elm tree", is problematic, and is reached by deriving *Elm-la from *Almilōn and subsequently to almr ("elm").
Linguist Gunlög Josefsson claims that the name Embla comes from the roots "eim" + "la" which would then mean "firemaker(ess)" or "smokebringer(ess)". She connects this to the ancient practice of creating fire through a fire plough which was considered a magical and holy way of fire making in folk belief in Scandinavia long into modern times. She identifies the emergence of fire through the plowing symbolically to the moment of orgasm and hence fertilization and reproductiveness.
Askr and Embla were the first man and woman in Norse mythology, similar to Adam and Eva in Genesis (Jewish mythology).
When the god Ódin and his brothers Vili and Lódur created the world, they were walking along the seashore and found two tribes. Odin gave them life and breath, the Vili reason and form, speech, sight and hearing. They were given Midgard to live, and Ask ("ash") and Embla ("elm") became the ancestors of all people.