The kasten Surname
kasten Name Meaning and History
- Dutch and North German: from a vernacular personal name, a variant of Karsten.
- German: from Middle High German kasten ‘chest’, ‘coffer’ or kornkasten ‘grain bin’, hence a metonymic occupational name for the manager of a granary, and later for the treasurer of an estate or guild. See also Kastner.
- South German (Bavaria): topographic name from the dialect word Kasten ‘crag’, ‘steep rock’.
- Swedish (Kastén): from an unexplained first element, perhaps part of a place name, + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Christine Louise Sophia Kasten, b. Jan 1823, Westfalen, Prussia |
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| Kasten Dolton, IL (cook) |
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| Kastens in Wisconsin | Charlene Kendall | 8 |
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| Kasten's in Missouri/Illinois | Jeanna Kasten | 9 |
| Henry (heinrich) Kasten- Hannover |
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