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First name origin & meaning:

Slavic: Protective

First name variations: Vaston, Vastun, Vasya

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Portuguese: patronymic from Vasco, from the genitive form. This name is also common on the west coast of India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
  2. Hungarian: variant of Vass 5.
  3. Slovenian (eastern Slovenia; Vaš): from a reduced and altered form of the personal name Sebastjan (see Sebastian). Compare Bas.
  4. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Servaas, from Latin Servatus. St. Servaas was a bishop of Maastricht and its patron saint.