Gaston

Where Gaston comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gaston.

  • 2 syllables
Gaston through the years
  1. 1863
    Gaston Doumergue born
    French lawyer and statesman
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #653 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1884
    Gaston Bachelard born
    French writer and philosopher
  4. 1903
    Peak, #527
    17 babies named Gaston, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.
Namesakes
  • Gaston Bachelard · French writer and philosopher, 1884–1962
  • Gaston Doumergue · French lawyer and statesman, 1863–1937
  • Gaston Leroux · French author and journalist, 1868–1927
  • Gaston Thorn · Luxembourgish politician, 1928–2007
  • Gaston Maspero · French egyptologist, 1846–1916

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.