Given name & surname
Casta
“one who is pure; chaste”
Casta is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Casta is a variant of Castalia. The history of Castalia gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Castalia is associated with a nymph transformed into a sacred spring.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Casta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 as a first name in 2020; 209 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Casta’s family of names
Casta has a related form in Castah. Casta has a related form in Castaleana. Casta has a related form in Castaleena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Castaliavariant
- Castarrahvariant
- Castarravariant
- Castarahvariant
- Castaravariant
- Castalynavariant
- Castaleanavariant
- Castalienavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Casta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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