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View Name: Gaston


GASTON
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: French
PRONOUNCED: gas-TAWN   [key]
Meaning & History
Probably from a Germanic name derived from the element gasti meaning "stranger". Alternatively, it may derive from the name of the Gascony region of southwestern France. This was the name of several counts of Foix-Béarn, beginning in the 13th century.
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Gasto (Ancient Germanic)
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