Girl · Old Norse
Ásta
Say it: OWS-tah
Meaning
Uncertain; perhaps a short form of Ástríðr (Astrid), sometimes linked to ást 'love'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by the mother of two Norwegian kings in the sagas.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 173 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 108,800 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Asta
| Norwegian | Asta |
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Famous bearers
- Ásta Guðbrandsdóttir, mother of Saint Olaf
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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