[Facts] Re: Possible other origins of Asher
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Asher is also an English surname, which according to "A Dictionary of Surnames" by Reaney and Wilson can be derived from "dweller by the ash tree." I am sure that on occasion the motivation for giving the name to a son has been a relationship with an Asher family, so the given name could be considered to have that as a secondary derivation.