Castor
Greek
"pious one"Share
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Updated Wed Apr 17 2024
Castor Origin and Meaning
The name Castor is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "pious one".
Forget the oil. It's one of the twins that make up the constellation Gemini, and a mythological name on the cutting-edge of fashion; used by Metallica's James Hetfield.
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Famous People Named Castor
- Castor of RhodesGreek grammarian and rhetorician
- Drusus the YoungerRoman consul, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor"
- Saint Castor of AptFrench bishop of Apt
- Saint Castor of KardenGerman priest and hermit
- Castor CanteroParaguayan football player
- Castor McCordAmerican jazz saxophonist
Castor in Pop Culture
- CastorFrench, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese word for "beaver"
- Castor Troyvillain in the movie 'Face/Off'
- Castor Oylcharacter in the Popeye cartoons
- Castorcharacter in the video game "Spartan: Total Warrior"
- Lord Castorcharacter in the 2007 movie "The Harpy"
- Castorcharacter in movie "Tron: Legacy,"
- CastorGobernador, character in 'The Courts of the Morning" by John Buchan
- Castor Wildslocation in video game "The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap"
- Castorcharacter in the Hunger Games series
- Castorused on TV series Orphan Black (details=spoiler)
- CastorMr. D's (Dionysus) son and twin brother to Pollux in the Percy Jackson series
- CastorTeacher at the School for Evil in the School for Good and Evil books