Gender: Masculine
Origin: French
Meaning: debated
gas-TAWN

The name is derived from the Flemmish, Vaast, which is derived from an even older name, Vedastus which could either be from a Germanic source meaning, “stranger” or it could be from the Latin meaning, “of Gascony.”

The name was borne by an early French saint, Gaston of Arras, as well as by a few French royals.

Other forms of the name include:

• Gastó (Catalan)
• Gastone (Italian)
• Vaast (Dutch/Flemmish)
• Gaston (Dutch/French/German/Polish)
• Gaszton (Hungarian)
• Vedastus (Latin)
• Gastonas (Lithuanian)
• Wedast (Polish)
• Gastão (Portuguese)
• Gastón (Spanish)

The designated name-day is February 6.