Given name
Astride
Astride is a feminine given name from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. It is used in Portuguese and Walloon.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Astride comes from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Astride through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 6 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 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 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.
Astride’s family of names
In Walloon usage, Astride shares a linguistic root with the French form Astrid. In Portuguese usage, Astride has a related form in Ástride. In Portuguese usage, Astride has a conventional equivalent in the English form Astrid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Astride has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 Astride
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