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Ashton vs Asher - What's the difference?

ashton | asher |

As proper nouns the difference between ashton and asher

is that ashton is a common place name in England while Asher is eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

As a noun asher is

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ashton

English

Alternative forms

* (rare) Asheton * (rare) Assheton

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A common place name in England.
  • derived from the place names.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • .

    • References

    * U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name. * Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times . Retrieved May 23, 2006.

    External links

    * New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E0D91031F931A2575BC0A9659C8B63] * U.S. Census Bureau [http://www.census.gov]

    asher

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.

    • Quotations

    * 1611 , 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 , 21:30 *: And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs Abdon ith her suburbs,

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