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Astrid

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See also: Astrið

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid since the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæstɹɪd/
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Proper noun

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Astrid

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 31:
      Astrid, the person is saying. Astrum, astralis. How does it feel to have such a starry name?

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Ástríðr, from áss (god) + fríðr (beautiful, originally beloved).

Proper noun

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Astrid

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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  • Used in Denmark since the Middle Ages.
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Astrid f

  1. a female given name

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Astrid

  1. a female given name of Old Norse origin
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Astrid f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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  • Popular in France in the latter half of the 20th century.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Astrid

  1. a female given name
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Icelandic

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Proper noun

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Astrid f (proper noun, genitive singular Astridar)

  1. a female given name

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Astríðr, Ástríðr, from earlier Ásríðr, a variant of Ásfríðr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᛊᚢᚠᚱᛁᚦᛁᛃᛟᛉ (*ansufriþijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (god) + *frīdaz (beautiful), equivalent to ås +‎ frid. Doublet of Åsfrid.

It has also been claimed to come from ást (love), whence also modern åst, but this is likely a reinterpretation.[1]

Cognates include with Faroese Astríð, Ástríð, and Icelandic Ástríður.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Astrid f (definite Astrida)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse
    • 1900, Jonas Vellesen, Norigs soga aat folkeskulen [History of Norway for Public School], 2nd edition, Bergen: F. Beyers forlag:
      Daa Trygve var drepen flydde Astrid, kona hans, ut på ein holm i eit vatn. Der fekk ho ein son, som ho kalla Olav.
      When Tryggve was killed, Astrid, his wife, fled to an islet in a lake. There, she got a son, which she called Olaf.

Usage notes

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  • Used in Norway since the Middle Ages. A royal name.
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References

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  • Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Astrid”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
  • Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 16 296 males with the given name Astrid living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 21st January, 2023.
  1. ^ Lena Peterson (2007) Nordiskt runnamnslexikon[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, →ISBN, page 33

Serbo-Croatian

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Proper noun

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Astrid f (Cyrillic spelling Астрид)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Astrid”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish Astrīþ, from Runic Swedish Asfriþ, from Old Norse Ástríðr. Occurs in Norse mythology, revived in Sweden in 1820.

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Astrid c (genitive Astrids)

  1. a female given name
    • 2014, Ingrid Hedström, Bortfall, Alfabeta, →ISBN, page 274:
      Och vem är din charmanta väninna? Ah, Astrid, ett gammalt vackert nordiskt namn...
      And who is your charming friend? Ah, Astrid, an old and beautiful Nordic name...
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 39 001 females with the given name Astrid living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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