• 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)

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/astraea
• https://www.theoi.com/Titan/Astraia.html