Astou is from the Wolof / Pulaar Astou — West African rendition of Arabic Aisha / 'Aaʾisha (عَائِشَة — living, alive). A modern American baby name in the broader Senegalese-Wolof heritage aesthetic. Astou is one of the foundational Senegalese feminine names — central to traditional West African Muslim heritage. Notable bearer: Astou Ndour-Diop (born 1994) — foundational Senegalese-Spanish basketball player + foundational EuroBasket Women 2017 champion (with Spain national team) + WNBA Chicago Sky player + foundational figure in foundational European-African basketball cross-cultural representation; Astou Sokhna — foundational Senegalese figure subject of 2022 maternal-mortality protest movement. Foundational Wolof feminine name reflecting West African Sahel + Mouride-Tijaniyya Sufi heritage spanning Senegal + Gambia + Mali + Mauritania.
Featured throughout Senegalese heritage.
Astou reduces to seven.