Astor

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning hawk; a form of Astora or Asthore.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Astor by the numbers

Astor was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Asterstar27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Alterold; elderly9 in the US (2017)
  • Astin7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Astor, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
  • Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Astor

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