Asfaw (Amharic: አስፋው) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to:

• Asfaw Wossen Taffari, birth name of Amha Selassie (1916–1997), the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia
• Berhane Asfaw (born 1954), Ethiopian paleontologist
• Beruk Asfaw (born 1960), Ethiopian Olympic boxer
• Gashaw Asfaw (born 1978), Ethiopian marathon runner
• Menen Asfaw (1891–1962), wife and consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I
• Samson Asfaw, Ethiopian-American business owner and investor

• Spin trapping
• Spin Trapping
• Spin (Trey Anastasio song)
• Spintronic
• Spin-up
• Spinup cycles
• Spin-valve
• Spinvis
• Spinvox
• SpinVox
• Spin waves
• Spin-weighted spherical harmonics
• Spinx
• Spiny amaranth
• Spiny ant-eater
• Spiny anteaters
• Spiny babbler
• Spiny-back eel
• Spiny-back Eel
• Spiny basslet
• Spiny basslets
• Spiny bitterling
• Spiny Box Puffer
• Spiny-bur
• Spiny bush viper