| Name info: About the name Foster in particular | |
| Group info: About Gaston, the group of names with the same origin as Foster | | Meaning/translation: | maybe guest, stranger |
| Language of origin: | Old High German |
| Info about origin: | meaning not known for sure |
| | used a long time in France, but maybe with Germanic root, from the word gast (guest, stranger) |
| | possible is also a derivation from Gascogne (originally Vasconia), the name of a region in France, |
| Words: | gast = the guest, the stranger Old High German |
| Topics: | Words |
| Variants' top ranks: | 49:Gaston Belgium 2021, 934:Foster USA 2017 |
| Old/original forms: | Vedastus Latinized |
| Name variants: | Foster, Gaston, Gastón, Gastone, Vaast, Waast Sortable list Details |
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