Name for a girl?

[Helpmewithteen]

I was wondering what people thought of these names.

Austa
Asta

Thanks :)

Both weird. Are they used in any culture? Just made up?

Asta

I knew an older lady called Asta and she was just beautiful. I’ve loved it ever since.

They remind me of car names 🙈🙈

Austa feels like it should be Austa, Asta has ass in it, would be so afraid of children picking up on that

Augusta?
Astra?
Alma?

I prefer the spelling Aster, as in the flower.

Is Austa short for Augusta?

No, Austa is not short for anything.
The correct spelling is Asta, but it’s pronounced more like ‘os-ter’ I believe.

Asta is a Danish name that means ‘divine, star like and love’.
I love the ‘os-term’ pronunciation though…not Ass-ta.

We have a very unusual one syllable surname. So are looking for something different, but not made up.

I don’t know why autocorrect changed that to os-term 😠

Asta is a character in Resident Alien, it sounds more like 'Osta' when they say it on the show.

Correct. That was where I first heard it. Fantastic show and a beautiful character.

For people in anglophone countries, Asta will likely be most closely identified with the dog in the "Thin Man" series of films. His "people" said he was named after the now defunct Asta Hotel in NYC.

Asta is also a short form of Astrid used in Denmark and possibly in other countries with similar languages. There's no "ass" sound, it is more like the English-language "owes". Never heard of Austa.

I work with children. I’ve worked with a number of Alma’s and Astra’s in my 20 years.

Looking for something that sounds like a name and not something I made up, but doesn’t remind me of any of the children who have come through my place of work.

My alternative is Aubrey or Audrey. I felt Austa was pretty and youthful. Like the feminine of Austin.

I don't usually like unusual names and prefer traditional ones, but I actually really like Austa 😊

Thank you.

I also love traditional names. Charlotte or Sophie would be my favourites if I was in a different job.

How about Este? As a suggestion.

Yeah, I like pp suggesting of Este. But I think Austa might be too weird. Austa has nice sound. I'm not fan of Asta, but it's fine for other people.

Or Esti, short for Estibaliz

They both sound like Latvian or Lithuanian names to me. I know an Asta, a Lithuanian lady. Austra also gives me Baltic vibes though I don't know think I've ever met one.

They're both nice names but I think they would be very unusual among English-speaking Brits.

DH is Polish with a single syllable foreign surname if that makes a difference.

Lovely, both of them!

There’s a character in Icelandic novel Independent People called Asta-Sollilja which I thought was incredibly beautiful. It means beloved sunflower.

I like Austa. But I have an Audrey who we nickname Aud and Audsta, so it sounds familiar to me!

Audra is another option.

Just please don’t go with Aubrey for a girl. It’s a man’s name.

I think you are better with

Aster as in the plant

Astra which means star

Or Audrey as in Hepburn

Or Augusta as in a Roman Empress

Or, Aphra as in the writer

Asta and Austa are going to need a lot of boring explanations.