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