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I don't know Astraea's pron., but following the lines of other Greek names/words such as Phaedra FEE-dra, paedophile PEE-doh-fyle (unfortunate example I know), I'd be inclined to say a-STREE-a.

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It's too out there for me, personally. Astra is far more usable imo.

Thats kind of funny, I just suggested Astraea to Kellie a few posts below for an astronomy theme.

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I much prefer Astraea over Astra, I tend to pronounce it As-tree-uh, although I'm not sure if thats correct or not.

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I think it could work for either a first name or a middle name

I'm wondering about Astraea too, now. I've always said it ah-STRAY-ah, but now I'm curious as to whether that's right or not.

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Astraea's kind of like Leo to me. Astraea, the Goddess of Justice, became the constellation Virgo after she left the our mortal world. So I prefer the name only on a girl who's actually a Virgo, even though not many people know of Astraea's Virgo connection.

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I don't think of the car when I hear Astra, and I prefer it to Astraea for a non-Virgo child. I also think Astra fits better visually with your other female choices. I think it especially goes well with Signy and Sigrid in both sound and looks.

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Miranda

Astraea is the way the name of my country is oftened mis-pronounced by lazy enunciators!

I *love* Astra - unfortunately it's a well-known car brand here so I could never use it. WDYT of Aster or Asta?

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I think Astraea would be a-STRAY-a. It's nice but nms.

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I think they'd both probably be better as mns.

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:-)