Asher

Asher is an English and Germanic occupational surname for an ash maker, derived from the Midd English surname "Aschere" or from German " Äscher"(Ashman). It could also be a form of the Old English surname "Æsċer"(Æsċe +ere), meaning someone who lived by an ash tree or ash grove, suffix denoting an inhabitant. It is also a common Jewish and Christian first name, as well as a Jewish surname, and is the name of Asher the son of Israel in the Hebrew Bible—therefore unrelated to the Old English or Germanic occupational root. Jacob said that the land of Asher would have rich food and delicacies fit for kings. Moses also gave a blessing to each of the twelve tribes.