Boy name origins & meanings
- Old English : Son of the austere man
Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the personal name Asti, a pet form of the Norman personal name Asketin, derived from Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’. Compare Haskell.
- English : from Middle English, Old French hasti ‘quick’, ‘speedy’, a nickname for a brisk or impetuous person, or possibly for a messenger.