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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Star
  • Old Norse : Super strength

How Popular Is The Name Asta

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : habitational name from a place in Sicily called Asta.
  • Southern Italian : perhaps also from a medieval byname, either a short form of Astancollo (from asta in collo ‘lance in neck’), or directly from asta ‘lance’.

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