Ostara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-STAR-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ostara is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ostara mean?
Germanic: Old High German form proposed by Jacob Grimm
“dawn”
Jacob Grimm proposed Ostara as a Germanic spring goddess, linked to Bede's Eostre, from whom Easter may be named.
Is Ostara a girl's or a boy's name?
Ostara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ostara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ostara, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ostara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
Names like Ostara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie, Amara, Ada, Athena, Aurora, Maeva, Matilda, Orla, Ayla, Arabella, Rosa, Nora
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ostara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ostara, updated 20 October 2026.