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