Astrid?

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Hi,

Just wondering what your thoughts were on Astrid for a girl

Thank you

Stunning! Ooh wish I'd thought of it for DD2

Too close to Astride!

I really cannot imagine her being one of three in her nursery unless you live where pp lives!

East London - they mostly have brothers called Magnus, too.

I know people that have used it as a middle name. I like it.

It's the name of my friends baby girl, I love it ♥️😁

Love it.
It's one of the characters in the How to Train Your Dragon films. She is feisty and determined.

It's lovely but I genuinely know three Astrids...

Love it. Bright and bold.

Love it.

Love it - it was on my top 10 list but DP vetoed it

Great name.

Love love love. I can’t use it now (have a DD with a name too similar) but it has been on our lists for each child. Feisty and fabulous!

I love it I was going to use it as dds middle name but her first name is quite long as is our surname so I went without a middle name in the end.

Lovely name - it’s becoming increasingly common in east London....I work with under 5s and visit various nurseries and it is now common to have an Astrid at each nursery.

I used to hate it but I seem to have warmed to it as now I think it’s quite nice

It has been growing on me. I love Ingrid and Sigrid so I think Astrid has potential... I love girl names that are clearly feminine but not frilly and this ticks the boxes.

Its my dm's name and I love it but never considered it as a name for my children.
That's changed now, if this DC is a girl it's a fore runner for the middle name

I don't like it due partly to the harsh "strid" sound. I also heard a father calling his daughter Astrid saying "Ass, stop when you get to the corner". "Ass wait for me". It's a really awful short version.

I like it, when I was growing up there was a girl called Astrid and I always thought she was really cool and kind of exotic!

Another vote for "love it" here

@WhatAGreatDay that had crossed my mind that it might get shortened to ass. It's partly why I asked on here to see how many would say it

I love it. However as others have said it's had a huge surge in popularity, which isn't surprising as it is a lovely name.

I've never ever heard of an Astrid being called Ass!

I did know twins called Astrid and Ingrid growing up, and we all called them Asterix and Ignorant. I think that's about the worst you have to worry about.

Gorgeous. Prettier than Ingrid, with that clear, classic vibe that Diana/Helen/Serena have. A welcome balm from all the vowelly potpourri girls names around (lilly/evie/poppy etc). Don't worry too much about popularity, it's never going to be super-common.

My name is Astra so very close to Astrid, my family call me Azzy, only piss take I got when I was growing up regarding my name was car related