Astor
See also: astor
English
editEtymology
editName of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), born in Walldorf, near Heidelsberg, in the Electoral Palatinate. Astor was the descendant of Savoyard Waldensians who had fled to Germany in the preceding century. Likely from the Occitan astur "hawk".
Proper noun
editAstor (plural Astors)
- A surname.