Astin

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Astin by the numbers

Astin was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Astin

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Astin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aspenaspen tree; trembling tree1,113 in the US (2017)
  • Ashtynash tree settlement; a modern respelling of Ashton231 in the US (2017)
  • Ashtenash tree settlement; a form of Ashton51 in the US (2017)
  • Asterstar27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ashlinash tree lake; a form of Ashlyn21 in the US (2017)
  • Astorhawk; a form of Astora or Asthore20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Astin

Names that are said the same way as Astin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Austingreat; venerable; a form of augustus5,161 in the US (2017)
  • Austynmajestic; spelling variant of Austin292 in the US (2017)
  • Austenmajestic; dignified; a form of Augustine160 in the US (2017)
  • Astoneast settlement or eastern town47 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Austonmajestic stone; a form of Austin39 in the US (2017)
  • Austynnmajestic; a respelling of Austin26 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Astin

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