Assen
loc · Dutch · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Assen is a name, most frequently recorded in Bulgaria, where it is the 81st most common given name. It appears chiefly in Dutch and Arabic, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: commune, Netherlands.
- BGBulgaria1 in 1.9K◐
- ESSpain1 in 220K
- ETEthiopia1 in 11K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈573 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 111 ●
- 1 in 22K ◐
across 7 countries
recorded for this name
12K records
Official registry-verified
North Macedonia
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Asen in BG Bulgaria, ES Spain, NL Netherlands and 15 more, Асен in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, MK North Macedonia and 1 more, Åsen in NO Norway and አሰን in ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
commune, Netherlands
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #81 | 22,455 | 6.6K rec. | — | — | Asen | 111 |
| US United States | — | 354 | 1.2K rec. | — | 172 | Asen | 73 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 334 | 249 rec. | — | listed | Asen | 40 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | 304 | 197 rec. | — | — | አሰን | 8 |
| DZ Algeria | — | 279 | 11 rec. | — | — | Assen | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 267 | 403 rec. | — | 639 | Asen | 38 |
| ES Spain | — | 227 | 955 rec. | 1 in 220K | 255 | Asen | 39 |
| RU Russia | — | 215 | 190 rec. | — | — | Асен | 28 |
| PL Poland | — | 134△ | 14 rec. | 1 in 286K | 134 | Asen | 16 |
| AR Argentina | — | 133 | 814 rec. | — | 123 | Asen | 26 |
| IT Italy | — | 100 | 117 rec. | — | — | Asen | 10 |
| TN Tunisia | — | 100 | 5 rec. | — | — | Assen | 7 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Dutch4.9K6%
- Arabic3941%
- English751%
- Portuguese261%
- German221%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | 4,853 | 6% |
| Arabic | 394 | 1% |
| English | 75 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 26 | 1% |
| German | 22 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Assen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aßen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite plural of ass
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Luxembourgish, plural of Ass
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, she-ass
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Asen Zlatarovb. 1885BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian scientist
- Assen Razcvetnikovb. 1897BG20th-century Bulgarian writer
- Assen Bossevb. 1913BGBulgarian writer (1913-1997)
- Asen Hadjiolovb. 1930BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian biologist
- Asen Kisimovb. 1936BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian actor
- Assen Slimb. 1968FRFrench economist of Tunisian origin
- Asen Blatechkib. 1971BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian actor
- Asen Karaslavovb. 1980BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian footballer
- Asen Chalakovb. 1983BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian footballer
- Asen Asenovnot in their usual nameactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 17 sources across 12 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 67 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Assen?
- We estimate roughly 573 people bear Assen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Assen have the most bearers?
- Assen is most frequently recorded in Bulgaria, where it is most often spelled asen.
- How common is Assen compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Assen is the 81st most common given name of 20,382 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Assen mean?
- Recorded meaning: commune, Netherlands
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Assen” — the 81st most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.