Astrid

Female given name
Astrid
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse
Region of originScandinavia
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Astrid is a given name of Scandinavian origin, a modern form of the name Ástríðr. Derived from the Old Norse Ássfriðr, a compound name composed of the elements áss (a god) and fríðr (beautiful, fair).[1]

Variants

  • Assan (diminutive) (Swedish)
  • Asta (diminutive) (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish. Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian)
  • Astrid (Swedish, Dutch, Danish, German, Norwegian, Estonian, French, Spanish)
  • Astrida (Lithuanian)
  • Astride (French, Portuguese)
  • Ástríður (Icelandic)
  • Astrithr (North Germanic)
  • Astrud
  • Ásta (Icelandic)
  • Ástride, Astride (Portuguese)
  • Sassa (diminutive) (Swedish)

People

Arts and culture

  • Astrid Roelants, Belgian singer
  • Astrid Allwyn (1905–1978), American actress
  • Astrid Bergès-Frisbey Catalan-French actress
  • Astrid Carolina Herrera (born 1963), Venezuelan actress and Miss World 1984
  • Astrid Hadad (born 1957), Mexican vocalist and performance artist
  • Astrud Gilberto (1940–2023), Brazilian singer
  • Astrid Holm (1893–1961), Danish stage and film actress
  • Astrid Jorgensen, New Zealand-Australian vocalist, conductor and composer
  • Astrid Kannel (born 1967), Estonian television journalist
  • Astrid Kirchherr (1938–2020), German photographer and artist, known for her association with The Beatles
  • Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), Swedish author of children's literature, among others Pippi Longstocking
  • Astrid Lepa (1924–2015), Estonian actress and director
  • Astrid Noack (1888–1957), Danish sculptor
  • Astrid North (1973–2019), German soul singer
  • Astrid Reinla (1948–1995), Estonian writer
  • Astrid S (born Astrid Smeplass, born 1996), a Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Astrid Sartiasari (born 1982), Indonesian singer
  • Astrid Varnay (1918–2006), Swedish-born operatic soprano
  • Astrid Villaume (1923–1995), Danish actress
  • Astrid Williamson, Scottish musician

Politics and royalty

Science

Sports

Other

  • Astrid Blume (1872–1924), Danish educator and temperance advocate
  • Astrid Medina (born 1977), Colombian coffee producer
  • Estrid, 11th century Swedish woman whose saga is immortalized on six or seven runestones
  • Astrid Holleeder (born 1965), sister to Dutch criminal Willem Holleeder and author
  • Astrid Rosing Sawyer (1874–1954), Danish-born Chicago businesswoman, translator

Fictional characters

  • Astrid Hofferson, a major protagonist in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise
  • Astrid, a Danish countess from Wallace Stegner's 1976 novel The Spectator Bird
  • Astrid, a friend of Juliette Darling's in the short-lived drama Dirty Sexy Money
  • Astrid, an assassin from the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Astrid, character in the television series Vikings
  • Astrid Bromure, a main character from the Belgian comics series of the same name, by Fabrice Parme
  • Astrid Deetz, a character in the Tim Burton's fantasy film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to Beetlejuice (1988).
  • Astrid Ellison, a female protagonist in the Gone series by Michael Grant
  • Astrid Farnsworth, a character on the Tv Sci-fi series Fringe
  • Astrid Ferrier, the main guest protagonist in the 1967–1968 Doctor Who serial The Enemy of the World
  • Astrid Finch, a character on the TV Series The Tomorrow People
  • Astrid Larsson, a character in The Emberverse series
  • Astrid Leong, a character in the novel Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  • Astrid Levinson, a character on NBC's The Office
  • Astrid Magnussen, troubled teenage protagonist of the novel White Oleander
  • Astrid Nielsen, lead character in French TV series Astrid et Raphaëlle (started March, 2019), played by actress Sara Mortensen
  • Astrid Peth, the Companion in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned
  • Astrid Thomas, A Tremere vampire from Vampire: The Eternal Struggle TCG
  • Astrid Weissman, sister-in-law of the main protagonist of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel TV series.
  • Astrid Zexis, A character from the game series Atelier Rorona, Atelier Totori, and Atelier Meruru
  • Astrid O'Hara, a character in the Australian sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl
  • Dr. Astrid Greenwood, one of the protagonists in The Long Dark video game.
  • Astrid Beck, a female wizard NPC played by Matthew Mercer in the web series Critical Role
  • Astrid Bjorklundson, a female education specialist from Sweden and a one-time character from the Nickelodeon animated series The Loud House as featured in the episode "Too Cool for School"
  • Astrid, a little girl character in the Adventure Time young adult animated spin-off series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

See also

References

  1. ^ "Astrid: Name Meaning, Popularity, and Similar Names".
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