Astin

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Astin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Astín

• French surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Gabon, Burkina Faso

  Also written Aṧẗiṋ

• Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Zambia, United Kingdom

  Also written Aştin

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Astin is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, A step (of stairs).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In otk, situated below; the vowel sign kasra

  as a word·Clauson, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish (1972)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• James Astinb. 1900GBEnglish footballer (born 1900)
• John Astinb. 1930USAmerican actor and director (born 1930)
• Alan Edgar Astinb. 1930GBhistorian of antiquity
• Alexander Astinb. 1932USAllan M. Carter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Organizational Change/University of California/Los Angeles (1932–2022)
• Ernest Raymond Astinb. 1937GBformer official of British Hong Kong
• Sean Astinb. 1971USAmerican actor (born 1971)
• Mackenzie Astinb. 1973USAmerican actor
• Anne Astinb. 1973AUAustralian biochemist
• Skylar Astinb. 1987USAmerican actor
• Barrett Astinb. 1991USAmerican professional baseball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Astin mean, and where does it come from?

Norman form of ON Ásketill; first attested Asketinus filius Od 1163 DC (Lancashire) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

How do you pronounce Astin?

In Spanish /astin/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Astin have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Astin in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled astin.

How common is the name Astin?

In the United States, the national register counted 957 people named Astin in 2010, about 1 in 348 thousand residents.