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- Origin: Greek Ἀστραία
- Meaning: “star.”
- Gender: feminine
- Eng Pronunciation: (uh-STRAY-ah)
The name is borne in Greek mythology by the daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the goddess of justice, innocence, purity, & precision and is closely associated with Dike, the goddess of Justice. According to Ovid, Astraea was a mortal woman during the Golden Age, but ascended into the heavens to become the constellation Virgo.
Other froms of the name include:
- Astraia Աստրաիա (Armenian, Czech, German, modern Greek, Scandinavian)
- Astrea Астрея (Bulgarian, Catalan, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian)
- Astrée (French)
- Astraja (Lithuanian, Polish)
- Astreia (Portuguese)
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