ASTRID

Specialty Definition: Astrid

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Two members of the Belgian royal family have been named Astrid. They include:

Queen Astrid of the Belgians (1905-1935), wife of King Leopold III
Princess Astrid of Belgium (1962 - ), daughter of King Albert II

Other Astrids include:

Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Kirchherr

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Astrid."

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"ASTRID" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is beautiful".

"ASTRID" is a common misspelling or typo for: astride.

Modern Usage: ASTRID

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Astrid, those are ugly shoes. (White Oleander; writing credit: Mary Agnes Donoghue)
Movie/TV Titles	Astrid Henning-Jensen (1967) Baptême de l'avion Princesse Astrid par S.A.R. la princesse Astrid en présence du prince Léopold (1928) Receptie ter gelegenheid van het huwelijk van prinses Astrid en prins Leopold (1926)
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Commercial Usage: ASTRID

Domain	Title
Books	Astrid the Au Pair from Outer Space (reference) Munch and the workers : the exhibition was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Norway on 2 October 1984 (reference) Astrid Lindgren (Twayne's World Authors: Children's Literature, Twas 851) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: ASTRID

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Belgium	The Princes and Princesses of the royal line are full members of the Senate, but only Prince Philippe and Princess Astrid actually sit in the Senate. (references)
Human Rights	Colombia	In June Astrid Manrique Varvajal of ASFADDES and her family were threatened. (references)
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Usage Frequency: ASTRID

"ASTRID" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.56% of the time. "ASTRID" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.56%	40	54,274
Adjective (general or positive)	2.44%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	41	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: ASTRID

The following table summarizes the usage of "ASTRID" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Astrid	First name Female	4,000	1,482
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: ASTRID

"ASTRID" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God is beautiful".

The following table summarizes names related to "ASTRID."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Astrithr	Female	Ancient Scandinavian	N/A
Asta	Female	Scandinavian	Astrithr
Astrid	Female	Scandinavian	Astrithr
Sassa	Female	Swedish	Astrid
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: ASTRID

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ASTRID": Marie-astrid, pre-astrid.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ASTRID

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
astrid	134	astrid princess	4
astrid lindgren	128	astrid astro hos	4
astrid lindgrens värld	28	astrid ismail	4
astrid veillon	24	astrid berge die harzbecker maria o schütz von	4
astrid munoz	22	astrid de jong	4
astrid carolina herrera	16	hotel astrid	3
astrid heeren	15	astrid lindgren music	3
astrid joosten	15	astrid marie princess	3
astrid kirchherr	13	astrid lindgrens vimmerby värld	3
astrid rokne	12	astrid rotterdam	3
astrid haven	9	astrid roemer	3
amazing astrid	8	astrid nue veillon	3
astrid hadad	7	astrid gruber	3
astrid krafft	7	astrid frohloff	3
astrid gilberto	7	astrid lindgrens verden	3
astrid kumbernuss	7	astrid falconi	3
astrid barnsjukhus lindgrens	6	astrid park plaza	3
astrid young	5	astrid seriese	3
astrid lingren	5	astrid chapa	3
astrid honikel	5	astrid rockne	3
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Derivations & Misspellings: ASTRID

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ASTRID": astride. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"ASTRID" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anstry, Astrac, Astrada, astrin, astriod, Astrov, Astrud, atrid, Fastrada, Istid, Kastri. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ASTRID

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: triads.
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: adits, airts, astir, darts, dirts, ditas, drats, raids, sitar, staid, stair, stria, tarsi, triad, tsadi.
	-2 letters: adit, aids, airs, airt, aits, arid, arts, dais, dart, dirt, dita, dits, drat, rads, raid, rats, rias, rids, sadi, said, sard, sari, sati, star, stir, tads, tars, trad, tsar.
	-3 letters: ads, aid, air, ais, ait, ars, art.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: aridest, astride, diarist, diaster, dispart, disrate, drastic, ritards, satyrid, staider, tardies, tirades.
	+2 letters: acridest, adscript, airdates, asteroid, auditors, carditis, carotids, catbirds, dataries, detrains, diarists, diasters, diastral, diatrons, dilaters, dilators, dirtbags, disaster, disparts, disrated, disrates, distract, distrain, distrait, fatbirds, hardiest, indrafts, intrados, lardiest, misrated, parodist, parotids, radiants, radiates, randiest, rapidest, readiest, readmits, redbaits, redtails, sarodist, satyrids, seriated, steadier, stinkard, strained, striated, tardiest, tawdries, traipsed, triacids, triadics, triadism, tribades, triclads, unitards.
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