The name Asa is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Hebrew, Japanese origin meaning "healer; morning; of the gods". A male Biblical name meaning healer, Asa is also an international gem. In Japanese, it means "(born in the) morning". And in Scandinavia, where it's generally spelled Åsa or Ása and pronounced O-sa, it's a popular diminutive form of Old Norse names beginning with the element áss "god".