First name origin & meaning: Slavic: Protective First name variations: Vaston, Vastun, Vasya Last name origins & meanings:
- 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.
- Hungarian: variant of Vass 5.
- Slovenian (eastern Slovenia;
Vaš): from a reduced and altered form of the personal name
Sebastjan (see Sebastian). Compare Bas.
- Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Servaas, from
Latin Servatus. St. Servaas was a bishop of Maastricht and its
patron saint.
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