Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

Shortened form of Dutch van Hasten, a habitational name for someone from Asten in North Brabant or Astene in the Belgian province of East Flanders, or a shortened form of van (der) Hasten, from Middle Dutch a(e)st ‘drying room’, ‘drying kiln’, as used in the manufacture of beer or the preparation of madder for dyeing.

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