Meaning and Origin
What does the name Aster mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from California, U.S. says the name Aster means "Star".
- A user from Canada says the name Aster means "Stars".
- According to a user from Puerto Rico, the name Aster means "Dark star".
- A user from Washington, U.S. says the name Aster means "star and is a type of flower".
- According to a user from Kazakhstan, the name Aster is of Kurdish origin and means "Aster girl's name, derived from Kurdish sterk meaning 'star'".
- A user from Australia says the name Aster means "patience".
- [Bot] A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
- [Floriculture] A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
- [Biol] A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis.
Etymology: L. aster aster, star, Gr. 'asth`r star. See Star
- Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
- Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers