When Gabrielle Chastain was born in 1583, in Poitou-Charentes, France, her father, Louis Chastain, was 48 and her mother, Claude De Pui, was 48.
French:
(southern): variant of Chastang .
nickname from Old French chastain ‘chestnut’ (a nut), possibly for someone with chestnut-colored hair. Compare Chasteen , Chesteen , Chastine , and Shasteen .
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