Astrid
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from the Germanic languages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/astrid/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Astrid is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- SESweden1 in 234(measured from records)
- NONorway1 in 346
- DKDenmark1 in 639
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 344 (measured from records)
- 1 in 234 (inferred from the name graph)
≈68,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Old Norse, from elements meaning 'divine' and 'beautiful'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
How Astrid is read(measured from records)
Astrid is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 4 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish36%
Nórdico/germánico; de Ansitruda, ans 'dios' + trut 'querida': 'querida por los dioses'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- German22%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Astrid in German.
- English13%
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French12%
Old Norse, from elements meaning 'divine' and 'beautiful'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Origine germanique; signifie « fidèle aux dieux ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Norwegian Nynorsk5.5%
a female given name from Old Norse
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Astrid, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Astrid counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #242 | ≈68,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Astrid | 231 |
| SE Sweden | #242 | 43,562 | 1 in 234 | 44K | Astrid | 85 |
| NL Netherlands | #126 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 932 | 20K | Astrid | 115 |
| NO Norway | #130 | 15,815 | 1 in 346 | 50K | Astrid | 97 |
| FR France | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | 18K | — | 7 |
| DK Denmark | #242 | 9,189 | 1 in 639 | 9.2K | Astrid | 127 |
| AT Austria | #162 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 1.9K | Astrid | 113 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Astrid is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Scandinavian name, derived from Old Norse dss ‘god’ + fridr ‘fair’, ‘beautiful’. It has become fairly common in the
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Astrid Cleveb. 1875SESwedish botanist, geologist, chemist (1875-1968)
- Astrid of Swedenb. 1905SEqueen consort of the Belgians (1905-1935)
- Astrid Lindgrenb. 1907SESwedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)
- Astrid Henning-Jensenb. 1914DKfilm director, screenwriter (1914-2002)
- Princess Astrid, Mrs. Fernerb. 1932NONorwegian princess; elder sister of King Harald V of Norway
- Astrid Kirchherrb. 1938DEGerman photographer and artist (1938-2020)
- Princess Benedikte of Denmarkb. 1944DKnot in their usual nameDanish princess; second daughter and child of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark
- Princess Marie-Christine of Belgiumb. 1951BEnot in their usual nameBelgian princess
- Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Esteb. 1962BEBelgian and Austria-Este Imperial and Royal
- Astrid Kumbernussb. 1970DEGerman shot and discus thrower
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 102 sources across 56 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 50K | #52 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 44K | #93 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 20K | #162 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 18K | #333 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 16K | — |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 16K | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 9.2K | #78 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 1.9K | #771 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2025 | 296 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present) | 2024 | 227 | #22 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Astrid a male or female name?
- Astrid is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Astrid mean?
- In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- Where does the name Astrid come from?
- Old Norse, from elements meaning 'divine' and 'beautiful'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Astrid?
- In the etymology graph, Asta, Astri and Astride are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Astrid?
- A machine transcription gives /astrid/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Astrid have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 68 thousand people named Astrid in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled astrid.
- Where is Astrid most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Astrid is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 234 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Astrid?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 43,562 people named Astrid, about 1 in 234 residents.
- How common is Astrid compared with other names?
- In Germany, Astrid is the 242nd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Astrid?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/astridThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Astrid” — the 242nd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.