Astrid

Where Astrid comes from

Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid since the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Astrid
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,017 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Astrid of Sweden born
    queen consort of the Belgians
  3. 1907
    Astrid Lindgren born
    Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays
  4. 2025
    Peak, #376
    818 babies named Astrid — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Astrid Lindgren · Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays, 1907–2002
  • Astrid of Sweden · queen consort of the Belgians, 1905–1935
  • Astrid Kirchherr · German photographer and artist, 1938–2020
  • Astrid S · Norwegian singer, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.