I was going to be named Gaston (pronounced "Gas-ton") or George (which is a name my mom thought was funny!) I'm SO happy I got named after my Dad instead! My name isn't the greatest, but I'm thankful I don't have those names. Also, I love my Dad, and I like that I'm the 4th generation of my name. Thank God!
Author Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (28 November 1695 - 29 December 1755) used this name for the main antagonist of her most notable book, Beauty and the Beast.The name Gaston is also used for the Tritagonist of the British Animated Series, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, in which Gaston is a Red, Black-Spotted Ladybird who resembles the qualities of a Dog, for example: He barks, pants when he's happy and loves fetching sticks.Gaston Bachelard (27 June 1884 - 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher. He made ground-breaking contributions toward the field of poetics and the philosophy of science, the latter of which he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break.
A famous bearer is Gaston Doumergue, President of France from 1924 to 1931. He was very popular as a President and was named by the French: "Gastounet". He was also famous for his native accent of southern France (looks like an italian accent).
Gaston-Louis Vuitton is a character in Superflat First Love, an animated Louis Vuitton advertisement Takashi Murakami made, which is a sequel to the advert Superflat Monogram.
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Makes me think of 'A ton of gas' Gas tonHorrible!
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The Beauty and the Beast character was mean. But he's especially good at expectorating (ptuy!)
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Pretty cool name, but everyone's going to think of the Disney character.
The name Gaston was pretty popular in the first 2 decades of the 20th century in France but became rarer and rarer after the 60's. It has been receiving a small comeback since the mid 90's.
Omg Wilted that was the best comment ever. I was going to say something like that :')I know a Gaston. Then again, I spend a lot of time in France. Although I don't think it would do well in the English-speaking world.
A famous bearer of this name was a French prince, Gaston Duke of Orléans (1608-1660), son of Henry IV, brother of Louis XIII and uncle of Louis XIV. He plotted often against his brother and took part in the civil war known as "the Fronde".
More recently, the name of Franny's older brother in Disney's "Meet the Robinsons." First Disney character with this name since the villain of "Beauty and the Beast." "Okay, Gaston, my toy train's ready for you!" -Aunt Billie.
Some other famous Gastons:{Places} -Gaston, South Carolina -Gaston, Oregon -Gaston County, North Carolina -Gastun (a variant spelling), a Crusader castle in Turkey {People} -Cito Gaston, former Major League Baseball player and manager -William Gaston, a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina -William Gaston (Massachusetts), a 19th century Governor of Massachusetts -William H. Gaston, one of the founders of Dallas, Texas, and a Confederate soldier -Gheorghe Gaston Marin, a Romanian politician -Yves Leopold Germain Gaston, 19th century French sugar baron in the Philippines -Gaston Glock, creator of Glock pistols -Gaston Michel, a French silent film actor -Gaston Rébuffat, a French alpinist -Gaston Doumergue, French politician, President of France 1924-1931 -Gaston Julia, a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set {Fiction} -Gaston Lagaffe, a Belgian comic strip by André Franquin
{Other} -Hurricane Gaston -Gaston College, a community college in North Carolina. -"Gastón", the Spanish word for a male big spender -Gaston (climbing), the climbing technique named after Gaston Rébuffat.
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The pompous yet handsome villain of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is called Gaston.
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A famous bearer of this name is Gaston Leroux, author of "The Phantom of the Opera".