Girl · Old Norse
Astrid
Say it: AH-strid
Meaning
From Old Norse Ástríðr: áss 'god' and fríðr 'beautiful, beloved'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Attested on runestones, carried by Scandinavian royalty, and strongly revived in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 10,229 babies given this name since 1892
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 2,400 girls
- 675 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: Astri, Estrid
| Old Norse | Ástríðr |
|---|---|
| Icelandic | Ástríður |
Famous bearers
- Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's author
- Astrid of Sweden, queen of the Belgians
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Where this comes from
- Viking Age runestone inscriptions
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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