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1) From an English surname, originally a nickname for someone resembling a bird of prey. From Old Provençal astur = 'goshawk' [1] [2] [3]
2) Younger form of Ásþór [1] [2] [3]
3) From an unknown German surname [4]
Asthor | ♂ |
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Astor | ♂ |
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Astorson | |
Astorsson |
Astorsdotter |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Astor |
Genitive: | Astors |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Astor |
Genitive: | Astorin |
Partitive: | Astoria |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Astor |
Genitive: | Astors |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Astor |
Genitive: | Astors |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[6] |
|
324 | 1005 | 0 | 4 | 324 | 1001 |
Finland[7] |
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n.a. |
60 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
60 |
Denmark[8] |
|
21 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
21 | n.a. |
Norway[9] |
|
121 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
121 | n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |