Given name
Astri
“fair”·“beautiful”·“Divine strength”
Astri is a variant of Astrid. The element-based explanation joins “god” with “fair” or “beautiful.” “Divine strength” is another interpretation, but it does not directly match the meanings of these two Old Norse elements.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Astri is a variant of Astrid. The element-based explanation joins “god” with “fair” or “beautiful.” “Divine strength” is another interpretation, but it does not directly match the meanings of these two Old Norse elements.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Astri is a variant of Astrid. Astrid belongs to Scandinavian naming traditions and is built from Old Norse elements. Asta is a recorded short form, while Sassa is an affectionate Swedish form.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Astri is a variant of Astrid. The shared background comes through Astrid: Astrid combines áss, “god,” with fríðr, “fair” or “beautiful.” This explains the divinity-and-beauty interpretation more directly than a free translation based on strength.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Astri is a variant of Astrid. The history of Astrid gives this family its wider story. Astrid became more familiar in English-speaking communities during the twentieth century. The prominence of Astrid, Queen of the Belgians, who lived from 1905 to 1935, was one influence on that wider use.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Astri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 0 boys · 62 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 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 girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Astri’s family of names
Astri has a related form in Astrid. In Norwegian usage, Astri has a conventional equivalent in the German form Astrid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Astri
- Birgitta TrotzigSwedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (1929-2011)
- Astri AasenNorwegian painter (1875–1935)
- Astri TaubeSwedish sculptor (1898-1980)
- Astri Aas-Hansenpolitician of Norwayborn 1970
- Astri Knudsen BechNorwegian handball playerborn 1950
- Astri Welhaven HeibergNorwegian painter (1881-1967)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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