Astra
Astra is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Of the stars.
What Astra means
Of the stars.
Astra sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Astra comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Astra is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Astra?
In the girl name rankings we track, Astra falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Astra
Two ideas meet in Astra: Star and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Astra
These share Astra's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Bituin — Star.
- Csilla — Morning star.
- Danica — Morning star.
- Dara — Star; maiden.
- Estelle — Star.
More Greek names
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
- Athena — Goddess of wisdom and war.
- Ares — God of war.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Atticus — From Attica; of Athens.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Andrew — Manly and brave.
- Basil — Kingly; royal.