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First name origin & meaning:

English: A variation of August

First name variations: Asten, Aston

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’ (see Haskell, Askin).

Famous people with this last name: Sean Astin

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