Gaston

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

French name of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) French form of Old High German names containing the name element GEST

2) Originally an ethnic name for a 'Gascon'

3) French form of Vaast/Waast (see Vedastus)

Related Names

Gaston

♂

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Gastonsson

Female

Gastonsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Gaston
Genitive:	Gastons

- Finnish
Nominative:	Gaston
Genitive:	Gastonin
Partitive:	Gastonia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Gaston
Accusative:	Gaston
Dative:	Gastoni
Genitive:	Gastons

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Gaston
Genitive:	Gastons

- Swedish
Nominative:	Gaston
Genitive:	Gastons

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 2 September 2019

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1920-1939

Period of Usage

• Norway: -1988

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Gotland
  • Östsverige
  • Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 87 people were named Gaston (percentage of first or only given name: 21 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		139	352	0	0	139	352
Finland		n.a.	77	0	0	n.a.	77
Denmark		25	n.a.	0	n.a.	25	n.a.
Iceland		1	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		19	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	19	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gaston.