| [ 2 syll. as-trid, ast-r-id ] The girl name Astrid is pronounced as AESTRahD KEY. Astrid is largely used in English, German, and Scandinavian, and its origin is Old Norse. Astrid has the meaning divinely beautiful. Two-element name derived from the elements 'áss' which means god ; 'fridr' which means peace, beautiful, fair. Astridr (Old Norse) and Astrithr (Old Norse) are old forms of the name. The name has been used by Norway's royal families for hundreds of years; bearers include the 11th-century Queen Astrid, wife of Saint Olaf of Norway, and Princess Astrid of Norway (1932-). Queen Astrid of Belgium (1905-35) also bore the name, and her popularity contributed to the adoption of the name among English speakers in the early 20th century. The name Astri (English) and the name Estrid (Scandinavian) are variants of Astrid. The pet forms Assa (English), Assi (English), Asta (German and Scandinavian), Atti (English), and Sassa (Scandinavian) are other variants of the name. Astrid is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked recently in 2005 with 0.013% of baby girls being named Astrid. Its ranking then was #933. The baby name has since markedly slipped in popularity, and is now of very modest use. Among all girl names in its group, Astrid was nevertheless the most widely used in 2007. KEY: Pronunciation for Astrid: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"
Details of famous persons named Astrid:
Author Astrid Lindgren, born Astrid Ericson, 14 November 1907 - 28 January 2002, Vimmerby, Sweden.
Royalty Queen Astrid of Belgium, born 17 November 1905 - 29 August 1935, Stockholm, Sweden.
Royalty Princess Astrid of Norway, born Astrid Maud Ingeborg, 12 February 1932, Villa Solbakken, Oslo, Norway. |
