Ask

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

Ask

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

From Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”).

Ask

1. A surname​.

• AKs, KAs, KSA, SKA, aks, kas, ska

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

Ask c (genitive Asks)

1. (Norse mythology) Ask
2. A male given name
   • 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​.