MEANING & HISTORY
What does Asteria mean?
The Oxford Classical Dictionary explicitly glosses Asteria as starry. The Real Academia Galega independently connects the exact name with Greek Astería and astēr, star.
Its mythological history includes Leto’s sister and the island associated with Delos; those stories explain cultural associations without adding a second literal meaning.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
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Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Asteria in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
ASTERIACSV record 13,891 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Asteria in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Asteria
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Asterio·Greek star-name history
- Astrid♀God and beautiful or beloved
- Alegria♀Joy or gladness in the Spanish word-name route
- Aria♂♀Song or melody in the Italian-derived account
- Asher·Happy or blessed
- Astor·Given name from a surname with the Occitan hawk root
- Patria·As a Spanish word: homeland
- Asa♂♀Biblical Asa, traditionally linked with healer
What rhymes with Asteria?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Oxford Classical Dictionary — Asteria (opens in a new tab)
Explicit starry gloss and classical mythological context.
- Real Academia Galega — Asteria (opens in a new tab)
Greek Astería and astēr, star.