Astrid

From Nordic Names wiki - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Modern form of Ástríðr ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Ástríðr

Name Days

Norway

13 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

27 November

Sweden

27 November

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Astrid
Accusative:	Astrid
Dative:	Astrid
Genitive:	Astridar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Astrid
Accusative:	Astrid
Dative:	Astrid
Genitive:	Astridar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1820 ^[1]

Namesakes

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish author of children's books

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		16099	39001	0	0
Norway[4]		10268	19003	0	0
Denmark[5]		7206	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	6039	n.a	3
#: 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]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

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