Thoughts on Astrid?

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Early days for us still but DH and I have been throwing names around, he's Swedish so we're looking at Swedish/Scandi names but avoiding those that would be out of place in the UK.

Thoughts on Astrid for a girl? Our surname is recognisably Swedish. We'd probably add a middle name but haven't got that far yet.

I swing between really liking it and not being so sure. We also like Ronja, but I know a Sonja who too often has to explain the j is actually an i sound, so maybe not!

Otherwise open to other Scandi / Swedish suggestions! Thanks.

I do like it but for some reason it makes me think of spiders or some sort of creepy crawly. I really don't know why! Maybe I'm thinking of Aragog from HP?

Love Astrid! I like girls names with a strong consonant sound.

It gives me Ass Turd from The Office.
Im not keen on the hard ‘d’ sound, I prefer Asta.

It’s lovely…. But there’s a popular person at the moment called astrid wett. Makes me think of her and she’s …. Questionable.

Hopefully it won’t taint the name

Really dislike it. Think the ass sound is so unappealing. I've noticed that people on MN go wild for it though.

LOVE!!!! It would be on my list if I had another.

I love it. It's one of my favourite names. I only know one, aged 12.

Or anyone that's seen the office!

OP I used to love it as well until I watched the office. The characters get the I and R mixed up and have Astird, pronounced Ass Turd. But I don't suppose any of your daughter's friends will have seen that so probably not an issue 😂

A lovely girl called Astrid kept her pony at the riding school I went to in the late 1960s. Everyone knew her by her nickname, Plum!

Oo, love Astrid. Also love Ronja cos of the book - the animated series was a favourite of my daughters too so we know how to pronounce it, surely lots would?

Love Astrid, I used to know a German one, she was great.

Mine too. Seems to becoming more popular

Hmm, I've never seen the Office (but DH has and still suggested this name). I think it would be incredibly hard to find a name that doesn't have some sort of dodgy cultural reference to someone so I don't think it's a dealbreaker.

This is very outing, but my DD is Malin, and we thought it was easy to pronounce too...

If I had a penny for the amount of times she's been called Merlin, Marlene, Marilyn, Malik... 😂

I like Astrid a lot and it was on our list, but it is getting very popular in the uk at the moment, so depends if that bothers you

I have a friend with an Astrid, I was a bit unsure about it at the beginning but it's really grown on me!

I agree, that wouldn't put me off at all.

According to Darkgreener it isn't all that popular, but is increasing in popularity.
Babies called Astrid in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com)

The figures are for 2021, so will be out of date now, and are only for England & Wales. I'd guess it to be in the top #200 this year..

No keen and what will the nickname be? Ass? Bound to be called that in secondary school. And please not asta as someone suggested sounds like Asda

Lovisa

As an English swede it’s one of my favourite names along with Malin. If I ever manage to have a child and it turns out to be a girl it’s my top name choice.

I love Astrid, it's my favourite name and if I had a daughter that's what she would be named. It's beautiful but also seems strong.

The only nickname I would use is Asta, though I don't think you really need a nickname.

Other scandi names I like - Marit (my mum's name!), Marin, Ingrid, Elva, Ebba.

Lovely. Especially with Swedish roots.
Much prefer Astrid to Ronja.

I love it.

I really like Astrid. I like Ronja too and wouldn't mind if some people said it wrong. How about Freya?

@Olika , having people say or spell your name wrong gets tedious very quickly.