I absolutely love this name. I think it is stunningly gorgeous. The Greek mythology association with the goddess makes it even cooler too. I also feel like it ages well, which is nice.
I want to like it, and could easily see her as the character in a novel. In real life, the potential to be called Ash-tray-ah or even worse @$$-tray-uh kind of kills it for me. What do you even nickname this to?
So gorgeous and magical sounding, I love it. I think it'd be a lovely name to hear more often on real women and girls. I picture an Astraea as a singer or a dancer, someone artistic and creative.
I love names rooted in mythology and this has to be one of my favourites. Everything about it is just so pleasant; It flows beautifully and the mythological connotation is wonderful.
― Anonymous User 4/10/2015
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It's just sooo beautiful! It practically sparkles when you say it.
I love, love, LOVE this name! So beautiful and has such a nice ring to it when said aloud. And the connection it has to innocence and justice makes it even more beautiful and strong. Gorgeous. ^-^
To Jeana Bradbury: I disagree; I believe it should be 'ah-stray-ah', which I would believe to sound far more refined than what you proposed.To the anonymous user: I'm certain the 'verbal prettiness' you're talking about comes - at least in part - from the long 'ah' vowels at both ends? ^_^
I love this name, particularly as I myself am a Virgo. It would be a beautiful, unique name for a girl - the only problem I would foresee would be constantly having to spell it!
For some reason, I like names with stra in them, whether it be a suffix or part of the name (I can't really think of an instance of prefix). There's also a song that I played on the piano once, called Estralita, and this name reminds me of it. Also, this name is very pretty.