East - Meaning of East

What does East mean?

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East

[ 1 syll. ea-(s)(t), eas-t ] The baby boy name East is pronounced as IYST †. The origin of East is Old English. East is a variant of the name Easton (English).

See also the related category english.

East is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to East, Easton was the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like East include Egyed (Hungarian), Istoo, Egid (German), Isod, Isti (Hungarian), Istou, Istu, Istue, Izet (Slavic), Ystwyth (Welsh), Egisto, Expósito, and Egidio (Italian).

† English pronunciation for East: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"