Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Latin : He who guards the fire How Popular Is The Name Vester Family name origins & meanings German : variant of Fest.Danish : topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement or who had arrived from the west, from vest ‘west’ (see Wester).Slovenian (north central Slovenia) : either from a reduced form of the personal name Silvester, or from the German surname Wester.