60%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage History (Ecclesiastical) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic or Celtic name, possibly Germanic Widogast. This was the name of a 6th-century saint who helped to convert the Frankish king Clovis to Christianity. He is called Gaston in French and Vaast in Flemish. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootswidu/witu + gasti/gastVariantVedastOther Languages & CulturesFoster(English) Vaast(Flemish) Vaast(Norman) Vaast(Picard) Categories history, Latinizations, nature, politics, saints, trees, uncertain etymology