Asti
Asti is a comune (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italian region of Piedmont, about 55 kilometres east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Montferrat.
Meaning & Origin of Asti
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Asti is a comune (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italian region of Piedmont, about 55 kilometres east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern capital of Montferrat.
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The Story of Asti
Asti first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 10 Astis were born — ranking #8,066 that year. As of 2026, Asti ranks #14,121 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 67 Astis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Asti
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- See also: Category:People from Asti and List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy People from Asti include: Gandolfino d'Asti , or Gandolfino da Roreto (active 1493–1518) Renaissance painter
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803), a dramatist who has been described as the "founder of Italian tragedy"
- Isaac Artom (1829 –1900), writer, diplomat, and politician
- Michelangelo Pittatore (1825–1903), portrait painter
- Umberto Cagni (1863–1932), polar explorer and admiral
- Carlo Alberto Castigliano (1847–1884), mathematician and physicist
- Mikhail Tsvet (Михаил Семёнович Цвет, also spelt Tsvett, Tswett, Tswet, Zwet, and Cvet; 1872–1919) Russian-Italian botanist and inventor of chromatography
- Ettore Desderi (1892–1974), composer best known for his sacred music
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Names that sound like Asti
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About the name Asti
Asti is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 67 births in the dataset. Asti's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #8,066. Use the chart and map above to compare Asti's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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