THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Gaston
Gaston is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Gastón.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ɡasˈton/Standard-Tagalog
- [ɡ̠ɐsˈt̪on̪]Standard-Tagalog
Gas · ton2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Gastón.
a male given name from Spanish, of uncommon usage
Wiktionary: Gaston (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.
Wiktionary: Gaston (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Gaston in the birth records
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Related forms & spellings
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Similar names to Gaston
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Agaton♂Spanish form: Agatón
- Alton·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anton♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dalton·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Danton♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Warton·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ariston♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Burton♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Gaston?
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- Wiktionary contributors — Gaston (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Gaston (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.