Gaster (surname)

Last updated March 10, 2026

Gaster is a German surname. The Dictionary of American Family Names (2003) suggests that it may be a derivation from Gast "guest". There were 918 entries in the US white pages for this name as of 2013, the largest number (221 entries) in North Carolina.^[1] In Germany, there were 95 entries as of 2008.^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

Jack Gaster (1907–2007), British communist solicitor and politician, son of Moses
Jean-Paul Gaster (born 1971), American drummer
Michael Gaster, British aerospace engineer
Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born British rabbi and scholar
Theodor Gaster (1906–1992), British-born American Biblical scholar, son of Moses

References

↑ "Gaster". names.whitepages.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28.
↑ "Gratis Stammbaum, Genealogie, Familiengeschichte und DNA-Test".

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[1] "Gaster". names.whitepages.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28.

[2] "Gratis Stammbaum, Genealogie, Familiengeschichte und DNA-Test".

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