Ashtaroth as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ashtaroth

What is the meaning of the name Ashtaroth ?

The baby name Ashtaroth is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ASH-tuh-roth (IPA: /ˈæʃtərɒθ/).

Ashtaroth is Semitic in Origin.

Ashtaroth is the English rendering of Hebrew Ashtarot, the plural of Ashtoreth, a Biblical form of Northwest Semitic 'Ashtart' (Astarte), cognate with Akkadian Ishtar. It designates the Canaanite-Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, and war, and in the Hebrew Bible often functions as a collective for her cult images or foreign deities. The exact etymology is uncertain; Ashtoreth likely reflects a polemical Hebrew vocalization combining Ashtart with bosheth "shame".

In scripture and later tradition, Ashtaroth appears both as a divine name and in toponyms (e.g., Ashteroth-Karnaim in Bashan). In medieval demonology the form Astaroth/Ashtaroth recast the goddess as a male demon, shaping modern perceptions. Variants and related forms include Ashtoreth, Ashtarot, Ashtart, Astarte, Ishtar, Astaroth, and, loosely, Esther. Given its strong mythological and occult associations, use as a given name is rare, though it occasionally surfaces in esoteric and fantasy contexts.