CASTO - Probably a very common name from France, Switzerland, Italy and other countries. HUNDREDS of people want to know the meaning. Thanks, Gary Radcliffe West Covina, CA

CASTO - Social Security Count: 9555 Origin: Italian?, German?, Spanish? Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from the Latin name CASTOR, which refers to the secretion of a beaver. ---Source: Encyclopedia of American Family Names by H. Amanda Robb and Andrew Chesler. I went through all 14 of my source books and this is the only mention of the name. Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >CASTO - Probably a very common name from France, Switzerland, Italy and other >countries. HUNDREDS of people want to know the meaning. Thanks, > >Gary Radcliffe >West Covina, CA > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

May I humbly suggest a deformed version of the word 'casteaux' - being the old french plural of castel, which being rendered, vaguely means 'castles'. I just don't know which language could have given 'Casto', but almost certainly not french where the final 'o' is quite rare. Perhaps more italian/spanish? Eventually provençal but I somehow doubt it. In any case I much prefer my version than a beaver's anal secretions! Geoff