Asqa (transliteration: Asqaʿ, Arabic: أسقع) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who is distant from his enemies and enviers”.1 Asqa is also the name of a small bird that lives by water described as having greenish feathers and a white head.2
There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Asqa:
- al-Asqa abu Wathila bin al-Asqa` al-Bakri al-Laithi الأسقع والد واثلة بن الأسقع البكري الليثي
Below is the name Asqa written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Asqa written in Arabic kufi script: