Astor

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

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

2) Younger form of Ásþór

3) From an unknown German surname

Related Names

Asthor	♂
Astor	♂

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Astorson
Astorsson

Female

Astorsdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Astor
Genitive:	Astors

- Finnish
Nominative:	Astor
Genitive:	Astorin
Partitive:	Astoria

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Astor
Genitive:	Astors

- Swedish
Nominative:	Astor
Genitive:	Astors

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1856
• Norway: 1892

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1920-1939

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Møre og Romsdal
  • Nord-Noreg
  • Finnmark

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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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		323	994	0	2	323	992
Norway		118	n.a.	0	n.a.	118	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	54	0	0	n.a.	54
Denmark		20	n.a.	0	n.a.	20	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

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