Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Armster isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armster through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 30 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 212 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Similar names
If you love Armster, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Anner
>99% boys
Einer
“a leading warrior”
>99% boys
Gardner
“one who works the earth” · “the keeper of the garden”
97% boys · 3% girls
Webster
“a weaver”
>99% boys
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Omer
“a flourishing man; one who is well-spoken”
99% boys · 1% girls
Buster
“pockmark, boil”
>99% boys
Eston
“from the eastern town”
>99% boys