Kasten Family History
Kasten Name Meaning
North German East Frisian North Frisian and Dutch: from a vernacular variant of the personal name Karsten . German: from Middle High German kasten ‘chest coffer’ or kornkasten ‘grain bin’ hence a metonymic occupational name for the manager of a granary and later for the treasurer of an estate or guild. See also Kastner . South German (Bavaria): topographic name from the dialect word Kasten ‘crag steep rock’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022