Astri

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What do we think? Roald Dahl had a sister called Astri and I think it's really pretty, and it avoids the harsh D sound at the end of Astrid

I think Astrid is lovely and Astri looks unfinished

I like it. I don't like the 'rid' sound in Astrid.

I think it looks unfinished too.

I think it’s a beautiful name and considered it for DD. My only concern was that other kids might have called her “Ashtray”.

I don't mind it but I also don't mind Astrid so it does look a little unfinished to me have you considered Aster?

I quite like it but I think they will have a lifetime of people assuming their name is Astrid

I quite like it, however when I first read it I did think ash tray

I have an Astrid in my extended Danish family, it's pronounced without the D, so it basically sounds like Astri. If you are UK based/English speaking I'd use the standard spelling. Astrid is a brilliant and beautiful name! A commonly used nickname for Astrid is Asta which I also think is lovely.

Traditionally, the -rid element is significant in names in various languages derived from Norse. It's typically pronounced more like "ree" or "rih" than like the English word "rid", as in to get rid of something:

Astrid > Ástríðr > áss "god" + fríðr "beautiful, beloved, fair".
Sigrid > Sigríðr > sigr "victory" + fríðr "beautiful, beloved, fair".
Ingrid > Ingríðr > Ing (god/ess name) + fríðr "beautiful, beloved, fair".

As you can see, these names have already evolved (or at least, been exported and transliterated). Some people might prefer Astri (or Astrie, Astry, Astree) rather than Astrid in the same way as other simplified English spellings - Zoey for Zoe, Jorja for Georgia, Bree for Brígh, etc. Some phonetic spellings have become traditional and well-established over time - Elspeth for Elizabeth in Scotland, Debra for Deborah or Barbra for Barbara in the USA, etc.

So, completely up to you as the baby's parent(s). Personally I would use Astrid, as it's a contemporary name in use and well recognised internationally. With both Astrid and Astri, if you're in an Anglophone country, you're going to be correcting people who pronounce the first syllable as "ass" or "ars" rather than "ahs/ohs", so it's not much more trouble to correct the whole name.

It's the Norwegian pronunciation of Astrid

It’s far too twee for a full name

Astra is nice though

or Aster

I quite like Astra or Asta. I wish people here knew to pronounce Astrid like Astri !

The "stri" sound has inklings of unpleasant words like strife.

Astri was the poor sister who died in childhood wasn't she?

I like Asta. There's a great Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine novel called Asta's Book.

oh no, it would just be heard as Asda wouldn't it? Strike Asta in that case.

Looks unfinished.

Also ass-tree.

I like Astri, I do not like Astra.. like the Vauxhall?

Astri is lovely. I didn't know that about the edh ending but that makes sense, thank you @AmandaMirandaPanda

Astrid is lovely, Astri is kind of not enough. It’s like a whisper.

I have a friend called Astria.

How about that instead of Astrid?

Probably get called ashtray or "ass tree" at school.

Sounds a bit like ash tray or ass tree unfortunately😕