Asmar (Arabic: الأسمر) is a unisex given name and a surname which is mostly used by Muslims. It has two meanings: brown and a tanned-skinned person.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

• Asmar Asmar (born 1930), Lebanese Assyrian physician and politician
• Asmar Bilal (born 1997), American football player
• Asmar Latin Sani (c. 1975 or 1976–2003), Indonesian al-Qaeda member

• Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar (1455–1575), Muslim saint
• Andre Afram Asmar, American hip hop producer
• Driss El-Asmar (born 1975), Moroccan football player
• Fouzi El Asmar (1937–2013), Palestinian American journalist, writer and poet
• Hamad Al-Asmar (born 1987), Jordanian football player
• Hassan El Asmar (1959–2011), Egyptian actor and singer
• Maria Theresa Asmar (1804–c. 1870), Iraqi Assyrian writer
• Maya Hossam Asmar, known as Maya Nasri (born 1976), Lebanese singer
• Nidal Asmar (born 1969), Lebanese-born Australian sport shooter
• Simon Asmar (1943–2019), Lebanese television director and producer
• Yoland Asmar (1930–1988), Syrian actress and singer

• Asmar (disambiguation)