Name Foster

Meaning: maybe guest, stranger

Gender: male

Languages of use: English

US 2021 rank: not in the Top 1000

Foster is a member of the name group Gaston:

Meaning/translation: guest, stranger (?)

Language of origin: Old High German

Info:

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