Jasten

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒstən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jasten is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malawi than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MWMalawi≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SDSudan≈1 in 350K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 492K

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.

Malawi (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,600 people, est.

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Malawi, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jasten 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.

Where Jasten is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MW Malawi#438≈1,600 est.≈1 in 13K—Jasten5
PH Philippines—≈220 est.≈1 in 492K—Jasten23
US United States—1341 in 2.5M120Jasten48
SD Sudan—≈130 est.≈1 in 350K—Jasten2
ZA South Africa—≈64 est.≈1 in 882K—Jasten4
GY Guyana—11 in 750K1—1

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jasten is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Syria

    Also written Jästën, Jâśťěñ, Jàstèn

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jästêñ

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jasten is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Dutch, plural of jast

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jasten,

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 6 sources across 5 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jasten?
A machine transcription gives /dʒstən/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jasten a male or female name?
Jasten 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.
In which country does Jasten have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Jasten in Malawi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jasten.
How common is the name Jasten?
In the United States, the national register counted 134 people named Jasten in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
How common is Jasten compared with other names?
In Malawi, Jasten is the 438th most common given name of 3,102 given names recorded there.

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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, “Jasten” — the 438th most common given name in Malawi. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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