Astor

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) From an English surname, originally a nickname for someone resembling a bird of prey. From Old Provençal astur = 'goshawk' [1] [2]

2) Modern form of Ásþór [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Asthor ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Astor ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1856 [1]
Norway: 1892 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Møre og Romsdal, Nord-Noreg [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 1 238 915
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 49 118
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 15 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 4 n.a 36
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Astor(m)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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