Caister
English
Etymology
From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.
Proper noun
Caister (countable and uncountable, plural Caisters)
- Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Caister is the 30572nd most common surname in England, belonging to 119 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269.
- Forebears