Astrid
Astrid is a given name of Scandinavian origin, a modern form of the name Ástríðr. Derived from the Old Norse Ássfriðr, a compound name composed of the elements áss and fríðr.
Variants
- Assan
- Asta
- Astrid
- Astrida
- Astride
- Ástríður
- Astrithr
- Astrud
- Ásta
- Ástride, Astride
- Sassa
Notable people
Arts and culture
- Astrid Roelants, Belgian singer known professionally as Ameerah
- Astrid Allwyn, American actress
- Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Catalan-French actress
- Astrid Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan actress and Miss World 1984
- Astrid Hadad, Mexican vocalist and performance artist
- Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer
- Astrid Holm, Danish stage and film actress
- Astrid Jorgensen, New Zealand-Australian vocalist, conductor and composer
- Astrid Kannel, Estonian television journalist
- Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer and artist, known for her association with The Beatles
- Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author of children's literature, among others Pippi Longstocking
- Astrid Lepa, Estonian actress and director
- Astrid Noack, Danish sculptor
- Astrid North, German soul singer
- Astrid Reinla, Estonian writer
- Astrid Roemer, Surinamese-Dutch writer and teacher
- Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Astrid Sartiasari, Indonesian singer
- Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born operatic soprano
- Astrid Villaume, Danish actress
- Astrid Williamson, Scottish musician
Politics and royalty
- Astrid Eiriksdotter, consort of Tryggve Olafsson
- Astrid Gjertsen, Norwegian politician
- Astrid Hanzalek, American politician
- Astrid Krag, Danish politician, member of parliament for the Socialist People's Party
- Astrid Løken, Norwegian entomologist and member of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II
- Astrid Lulling, Luxembourg politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Astrid Njalsdotter, Swedish queen, consort of King Edmund the Old
- Astrid Olofsdotter, Queen Consort of King Olav II of Norway
- Astrid Schramm, German politician
- Astrid Thors, Finnish politician
- Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, daughter of Albert II, sister of current king Philippe I
- Princess Astrid of Norway, sister to King Harald V of Norway
- Queen Astrid of the Belgians, Swedish princess and first wife of King Leopold III of the Belgians
- Princess Astrid of Liechtenstein, wife of Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein
- Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein, daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein
Science
- Astrid Beckmann, German physicist
- Astrid Brousselle, Canadian professor of evaluation theories in healthcare economics
- Astrid Cleve, Swedish botanist, chemist, geologist, and researcher
- Astrid Linder, Swedish researcher in motor vehicle safety
Sports
- Astrid Ayling, German and British rower
- Astrid Crabo, Swedish badminton player
- Astrid Guyart, French fencer
- Astrid Kumbernuss, champion German shot putter and discus thrower
- Astrid Lødemel, Norwegian alpine skier
- Astrid Sandvik, Norwegian skier
- Astrid Strauss, freestyle swimmer for East Germany
- Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Astrid van Koert, Dutch rower
Other
- Astrid Blume, Danish educator and temperance advocate
- Astrid Medina, Colombian coffee producer
- Astrid Perry-Indermaur, Australian activist
- Estrid, 11th-century Swedish woman whose saga is immortalized on six or seven runestones
- , sister to Dutch criminal Willem Holleeder and author
- Astrid Rosing Sawyer, Danish-born Chicago businesswoman, translator
Fictional characters
- Astrid, a Danish countess in Wallace Stegner's 1976 novel The Spectator Bird
- Astrid, a minor character in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
- Astrid, a shield-maiden in the TV series Vikings
- Astrid, a skywing elf in the animated TV series The Dragon Prince
- Astrid, an assassin in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Astrid, Juliet Darling's best friend in the drama TV series Dirty Sexy Money
- Astrid Beck, a female wizard NPC played by Matthew Mercer in the web series Critical Role
- Astrid Bjorklundson, a minor character in the animated TV series The Loud House
- Astrid Bloom, an antagonist in Emma Frost's comic book series by Marvel Comics
- Astrid Deetz, a character in the Tim Burton's fantasy film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to Beetlejuice
- Astrid Ellison, a protagonist in the Gone book series by Michael Grant
- Astrid Everdeen, mother of The Hunger Games protagonist, Katniss Everdeen
- Astrid Farnsworth, a protagonist in the sci-fi TV series Fringe
- Astrid Ferrier, the protagonist in the 1967–1968 Doctor Who serial The Enemy of the World
- Astrid Finch, a character in the TV series The Tomorrow People
- Dr. Astrid Greenwood, a protagonist in the video game The Long Dark
- Astrid Hofferson, a protagonist in the How to Train Your Dragon film series
- Astrid Kar, Xenon's mother in Kenneth Johnson's 1999 sci-fi film Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film) and its sequels, Zenon: The Zequel and Zenon: Z3
- Astrid Larsson, a character in S.M. Stirling's The Emberverse series
- Astrid Leong, a protagonist in Kevin Kwan's 2013 novel Crazy Rich Asians
- Astrid Levinson, a minor character on NBC's The Office
- Astrid Magnussen, the troubled teen protagonist of Janet Fitch's 1999 novel White Oleander
- Astrid Nielsen, a protagonist in the French TV series Astrid et Raphaëlle played by actress Sara Mortensen
- Astrid O'Hara, a minor character in the Australian sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl
- Astrid Peth, the companion in the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)
- Astrid Thomas, a Tremere vampire in the trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
- Astrid Weissman, sister-in-law to Midge Maisel in the TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Astrid Zexis, an alchemist in ''Atelier (video game series) ''