Aster

Where Aster comes from

From aster (“a plant of the genus Aster”) and its etymon Latin astēr (“a star”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aster
  • Latin
Aster through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #2,463
    73 babies named Aster, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Latin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.