From the town of cats; or a variant of Gaston.
Caston is primarily an English habitational surname likely referring to Cawston in Norfolk, meaning 'settlement of a man named Kalf'. It is also frequently used as a phonetic variant of the French name Gaston, which is derived from the Germanic word for 'guest' or 'stranger'.
Less common today
Caston isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,389 in 2017.
A character in the video game series Β· Suikoden V
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).