Ask

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).

Ask

1. (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.

Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”). Doublet of Ash.

Ask (plural Asks)

1. A surname from Swedish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ask is the 37955^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Ask is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ask”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63.

• AKs, KAs, KSA, SAK, SKA, aks, kas, ska

Compare ask (“ash tree”); from Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”). The given name may also be a short form of Áskell, whence also Åskjell and Askjell.^[1] Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Askur.

Ask m (definite Asken)

1. (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda
2. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “ash tree”

• Embla

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).

Ask c (genitive Asks)

1. (Norse mythology) Ask
2. a male given name from Old Norse
   • 1916, Jämten; Heimbygdas Arsbok, page 45:

     Men den, som genom sitt uppförande i handel och vandel gjorde sig förtjänt av aktning och förtroende, kunde med tiden — även om han var "utlänning" — bli aktad som en av socknens egna barn. Det var t. ex. fallet med Ask Olof Andersson i Tunvågen, bördig från Dalarna [...]

     But, by his conduct in trade and business, he deserves respect and trust, and could with time, even though he was a foreigner, be regarded as one of the parish's own children. It was, for example, the case with Ask Olof Andersson in Tunvågen, by birth from Dalarna [...]

From ask (“ash tree”).

Ask c (genitive Asks)

1. a topographic surname

• sak, ska