Gaster (surname)
This article is about the surname Gaster. For other uses, see Gaster (disambiguation)
Gaster is a German surname. The Dictionary of American Family Names (2003) suggests that it may be a derivation from Gast "guest". There were 918 entries in the US white pages for this name as of 2013, the largest number (221 entries) in North Carolina.[1] In Germany, there were 95 entries as of 2008.[2]
Gaster was the name of the Bucharest Jewish family, of Moses Gaster (1856–1939) and his sons Theodor Gaster (1906–1992), and Jack Gaster (1907–2007).