Gaston

  • [ gas-TAWN ]
  • French
Possibly from a Germanic name derived from the element gast meaning "stranger, guest". This is the usual French name for Saint Vedastus, called Vaast in Flemish, and alternatively the name may be connected to it. The name was also borne by several counts of Foix-Béarn, beginning in the 13th century.

EQUIVALENTS
ITALIAN: Gastone
SPANISH: Gastón
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Gasto, Widogast
ENGLISH: Foster
FLEMISH: Vaast
HISTORY: Vedast, Vedastus
NORMAN: Vaast
PICARD: Vaast