Astrid

[ellesabe]

I wouldn't have given this name a second thought but overheard someone calling their daughter in the library today and it caught my attention.
My dh was with me at the time and it is the only girls name suggestion that he has responded to positively so far.
What do we think?

Dd1 is Jemima.

[neverquitesure]

Just saw it in active and thought wow what a great name. Unusual yet truly classic.

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

I knew an Astrid growing up. She was/is the most beautiful girl, with real ice cool Scandinavian colouring, so in my mind Astrid's are always blonde, slim tall. It is a beautiful name.

[WithACherryOnTop]

I hate it.It has an ugly,harsh sound.

[WithACherryOnTop]

You need something nicer to go with Jemima,which is lovely,imho.

[Merrylegs]

I love it - I think it's very cool and not harsh at all - really pretty in a feisty kind of way. Goes well with Jemima too.

[LittleWhiteWolf]

If DS had been a girl he would have been Astrid or Magda, so yes its lovely. As I'm currently in a loved up, broody stage with aforementioned baby DS I haven't ruled it out yet for DC3

[tara0202]

I really like it. It's classy :-)

[RillaBlythe]

Love it.

[YouFloatLikeAFeather]

Love it. Also really like Ingrid and Ursula.

[ellesabe]

Oh wow! I'm really surprised by the positive response! Before I heard it today I too would have thought it very harsh-sounding (in the same category as Gretel maybe)...

[YouFloatLikeAFeather]

Ah well I also really like Gretel!

[WithACherryOnTop]

Gretel is nicer,and not so harsh sounding.

[ellesabe]

Does Astrid go with Jemima though? They seem quite different to me.

[CamperFan]

My friend has an Astrid. I really like the name. But I don't think it goes with Jemima, which is very girly/more obviously feminine.

[minipie]

I quite like it but it is a bit hard. Also hard to find nns for. (Assy? Asti? )

Gretel is dreadful IMVHO, as is Ursula. Ingrid is nice though, and a bit easier on the nn front (Inga)

How about Saskia - more similar to Jemima but similarly Scandi/unusual?

[ellesabe]

I have already suggested Saskia along with a zillion others to be told "no".

[SpringHeeledJack]

love it

plus it sounds really cool

[shallow]

[SpringHeeledJack]

Ursula in German sounds gorgeous

the diminutive is Uschi

it's cute as fuck. Does lose something in english, tho

[emsyj]

Love it - tis surely the beayoooootiful girl's name, and also the cool girl's name (if life were a movie, which it isn't I suppose).

I'm putting it on my list right now! I already have a Ruth and I've seen various people on here say it's harsh sounding so I must have a taste for that sort of name!

I think it goes fine with Jemima - both pretty names, they don't clash IMO.

[WithACherryOnTop]

Ruth is beautiful,and not at all harsh unlike Astrid.

[AThingInYourLife]

I love Astrid, it's one of my very favourite names.

It goes fine with Jemima.

And it doesn't need a nickname, it's two syllables long.

[smogwod]

Love love love Astrid!

It's not the best with Jemima but certainly not the worst, and in any case she'll spend an awful lot longer being a tall, blond beautiful grown-up Astrid than she will being part of 'Jemima and Astrid' (hope that makes some kind of sense but not entirely sure )

[AndWhenYouGetThere]

I don't want to be the one to mention it, but I will... I do like Astrid, but have discounted it from my own list, because the first syllable might be lead to some un-imaginative playground teasing.

[5madthings]

i really like it, this was one of our top choices when we were debating what to call dd, we didnt use it in the end, but if we every had another girl (unlikely!) then it would be a front runner! its lovely.