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)

1. Short for Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Caister is the 30572^nd 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• atresic, cristae, cristæ, raciest, stearic