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Asa (male)

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Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Jewish, from Hebrew "doctor, healer"; OT 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.

English usage, now very rare, occurred among the Puritans in the 17th century.
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