Ashtoreth as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ashtoreth

What is the meaning of the name Ashtoreth ?

The baby name Ashtoreth is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ASH-TOR-eth (IPA: /æʃˈtɔrɛθ/).

Ashtoreth is in Origin.

Ashtoreth is the biblical Hebrew form (ʿAštōret) of the Northwest Semitic goddess Ashtart/Astarte. The consonants reflect Phoenician ʿŠTRT, while the Hebrew vocalization likely substitutes the vowels of bosheth “shame,” marking a polemical stance in Israelite texts. As a theonym, it denotes the goddess associated with love, fertility, and war, linked to the planet Venus; the exact etymology is debated and not securely “star,” though it is cognate with Akkadian Ishtar.

Attested in the Hebrew Bible as the “goddess of the Sidonians,” Ashtoreth’s cult was condemned by biblical authors and later demonized in medieval lore as Astaroth. Consequently the name saw virtually no traditional Jewish or Christian usage. Modern appearances are rare and tend to occur in neopagan, literary, or Gothic contexts. Variants and related forms include Ashtoret (Hebrew), Ashtart/Aštart (Ugaritic/Phoenician), Astarte (Greek/Latin), Ashtaroth (biblical plural/collective and place name), and Ishtar (cognate); Esther is often compared but etymologically uncertain.