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View Surname: Chastain


CHASTAIN
SOURCE: Location
USAGE: French
Meaning & History
From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), hence a topographic name for someone living near a particular chestnut tree or group of them, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair. The surname originally came from the region of Poitou.
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