Gaston
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Germanic origin, from gast- ‘guest, stranger’; linked to St Gaston of Arras (feast day 18 Nov.)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡast̪on/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gaston is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the 51st most common given name.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 637(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay≈1 in 778
- CLChile≈1 in 4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 278 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 637 (inferred from the name graph)
≈71,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic origin, from gast- ‘guest, stranger’; linked to St Gaston of Arras (feast day 18 Nov.).
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gaston counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #134 | ≈71,000 est. | ≈1 in 637 | 782 | Gaston | 178 |
| FR France | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | 94K | — | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 8K | 1 | Gaston | 54 |
| CL Chile | #289 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 59 | Gaston | 101 |
| UY Uruguay | #51 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 778 | — | Gaston | 91 |
| US United States | — | 3,579 | 1 in 93K | 20K | Gaston | 278 |
| BO Bolivia | #65 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Gaston | 37 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gaston is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Old French name, likely from Germanic gast, 'guest'; St Gaston.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, from the Old French oblique case of a Germanic personal name, originally probably a byname from gasti ‘stranger’, ‘guest’, ‘host’. Compare Guest. The surname is also found in England and Ireland, where it is probably a Huguenot importation.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, sonal name, originally probably a byname from gasti stran¬ Gaufreteau see Galofre ger, guest, host (cf. Guest). The surname is also found in Gauge see Gage England and Ireland, where it is probably a Norman im¬ Gaughan see Gahan portation. someone who lived by a main road or street, from Northern
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Of uncertain origin; a traditional name in aristocratic families of Languedoc. Gaut(h)ier 3 Germanic. See ) Walter in main dictionary. Geneviéve 2° Name of the patron saint of Paris. See main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, Prénom médiéval; origine germanique, « hôte ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gaston, Duke of Orléansb. 1608FRFrench prince
- Ernest Solvayb. 1838BEnot in their usual nameBelgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
- Gaston Parisb. 1839FRFrench medievalist and writer (1839-1903)
- Gaston Doumergueb. 1863FRFrench lawyer and statesman (1863–1937)
- Gaston Lerouxb. 1868FRFrench author and journalist (1868–1927)
- Gaston Bachelardb. 1884FRFrench writer and philosopher (1884-1962)
- Enrico Maciasb. 1938FRnot in their usual nameFrench recording artist; singer
- Franck Sauzéeb. 1965FRnot in their usual nameFrench association football player and manager
- Gaston Browneb. 1967AGPrime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014
- Roberto Orcib. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter producer (1973—2025)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 98 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 20K | #1,837 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 19K | #1,880 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 18K | #1,797 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 782 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 314 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gaston mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic origin, from gast- ‘guest, stranger’; linked to St Gaston of Arras (feast day 18 Nov.). Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- How do you pronounce Gaston?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡast̪on/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Gaston a male or female name?
- Gaston is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Gaston?
- In the etymology graph, Gastone is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Gaston have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 71 thousand people named Gaston in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaston.
- How common is the name Gaston?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,579 people named Gaston in 2020, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
- How common is Gaston compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Gaston is the 134th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gastonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gaston” — the 134th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.