Given name & surname

Kast

“hoe, mattock”

Kast is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Spanish, and German.

Original GermanKarst

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a German surname, Kast goes back to a word meaning “hoe, mattock.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

As a German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “hoe, mattock”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kast’s family of names

In English usage, Kast as a surname has a related form in KARST. In Greek usage, Kast as a surname is a transliteration of Καστ.

Walk Kast’s family in the name graph

KastΚαστKarst

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kast, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Katz

“righteous priest”

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

German

Các

“a free man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Kampe

“field”

No U.S. birth series

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Lower Sorbian

Koth

“tomcat”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Karstens

Karstens is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Kanouse

Kanouse is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Kantzer

Kantzer is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Caler

Caler is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kast’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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