Gaston

A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning from gast, meaning guest or stranger.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Gaston by the numbers

Gaston was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 83 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gaston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Gannonfair-haired, pale301 in the US (2017)
  • Graftonsettlement with a grove or thicket16 in the US (2017)
  • Ganon14 in the US (2017)
  • Grayton12 in the US (2017)
  • Garon11 in the US (2017)
  • Garron11 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a traveller

Like Gaston, each of these has a traveller in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Fernandobold voyager; adventurous journey1,139 in the US (2017)
  • Romeopilgrim to Rome260 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Palmerpalm bearer; pilgrim to Holy Land424 in the US (2017)
  • Tripptraveler; one who takes trips363 in the US (2017)
  • Wallaceforeigner; Welsh person; from Old English Wealh196 in the US (2017)
  • Wolfgangwolf path or wolf journey117 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Gaston

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