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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Karsten, a pet form of the personal name Christianus (see Christian).
  • German : metonymic occupational name in northern Germany for a treasurer or a furniture maker, from Middle Low German kaste ‘box’, ‘chest (of drawers)’, also ‘shrine’.
  • German : from the personal name Kast, an Alemannic short form of Arbogast.

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