Name

Name GASTON

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 109,164 births of Gaston in the countries below, which represents an average of 785 births of children bearing the first name Gaston per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 410 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Gaston
In Italiano

Nome Gaston

Information about the first name Gaston

We celebrate Gaston on February 6th

The first name Gaston is listed in our categories :

Germans names (boys)
Gaston
Basque names (boys)
Gaston

The first name Gaston has been assigned to:

99.86% to boys
0.14% to girls

The country where the first name Gaston is the most common is:

France

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Gaston in Japanese ^*

Romaji	gasuton
Katakana	ガストン
Hiragana	がすとん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Gaston in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Gaston

English

Anagrams

Gatson, Sontag, Tsonga, sontag, tags on, tangos, tongas

Noun

gaston (plural gastons)
(climbing) A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.

Verb

gaston (third-person singular simple present gastons, present participle gastoning, simple past and past participle gastoned)
(climbing) To hold using such a grip

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Gaston County
Gastonia

French

Etymology

First recorded for medieval French aristocracy, of disputed origin, possibly from Germanic gast "guest". ("A man from Gascony" has also been suggested, compare Gascon.)

Anagrams

gâtons

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡas.tɔ̃/

Proper noun

Gaston ?
A male given name.
A patronymic surname.

General

Proper noun

Gaston
A surname of Norman French origin.
A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.

Esperanto

Noun

gaston
accusative singular of gasto

Popularity of the name Gaston

Number of GASTON births per year

Popularity of the name Gaston

Total births of Gaston by country

		Births with the first name Gaston
Country		Boys Girls
	France 1900 - 2019	92,777 149
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	12,852 0
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	1,373 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	673 0
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	626 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	279 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	240 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	79 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	62 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	14 0
	Germany 2000 - 2018	9 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	8 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	8 0
	Italy 1999 - 2018	5 0
	Austria 1984 - 2018	3 0
	Australia 1944 - 2019	3 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	2 0
	Poland 2000 - 2019	2 0

Popularity of the name Gaston

Total births of Gaston by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Gaston
Country		Boys Girls
	France 2019	239 0
	Belgium 2019	101 0
	Argentina 2015	45 0
	Switzerland 2019	8 0
	Sweden 2019	6 0
	United State of America 2019	6 0
	Quebec 2019	3 0
	Czechoslovakia 2016	1 0
	Germany 2018	1 0

Comments on the name Gaston

Personalities with the first name Gaston

There are 137 personalities with the first name Gaston

Gaston Bachelard

France
Writer Poet University teacher Philosopher

Gaston Doumergue

France
Politician

Gaston Leroux

France
Screenwriter Writer Journalist Novelist

Jean Giraud (Jean Henri Gaston Giraud)

France
Science fiction writer Screenwriter Painter Postage stamp designer Caricaturist Comics writer

Gaston Darboux (Jean-Gaston Darboux)

France
Writer Professor Mathematician

Gaston Thorn

Luxembourg
Lawyer Politician Diplomat Banker Resistance fighter

Gaston Maspero (Gaston Camille Charles Maspero)

France Kingdom of italy
Historian Egyptologist University teacher Folklorist Archaeologist

Gaston De France

France
Aristocrat

Gaston Eyskens

Belgium
Politician Economist Painter University teacher

Gaston Browne

Antigua and barbuda
Politician

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Gaston
Full list of personalities with the first name Gaston

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Gaston

There are 181 actors and actresses with the first name Gaston

Gaston Gordon

Gaston Gaudio

Gaston Rivero

Gaston Bacchiani

Gaston Wurth

Gaston Gagnon

Gaston Häni

Gaston Lepage

Gaston Van Erven

Gaston L'heureux

Gaston Brisson

Gaston Marchetto

Gaston Subert

Gaston Rombauts

Gaston Durnez

Gaston Miron

Gaston Berghmans

Gaston Chikhani

Gaston Weemaes

Gaston Nuyts

Gaston Vandermeulen

Gaston Rey

Gaston Cornelius

Gaston Glass

Gaston Briese

Gaston Orbal

Gaston Garchery

Gaston Norès

Gaston Portefaix

Gaston Ouvrard

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Gaston
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Gaston

Rankings of first name GASTON by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#111	Belgium	2019
#212	Argentina	2015
#259	France	2019
#546	Switzerland	2019
#904	Sweden	2019
#1153	Quebec	2019
#2532	Czechoslovakia	2016
#3623	United State of America	2019
#7128	Germany	2018