Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning “she who walks in the sea”. This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Means “happy, blessed” in Hebrew. Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah’s handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.