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'châtain' means chestnut-colored in French (applies for the hair). The circumflex is often a remainder of a dropped 's'. Chastain sounds certainly French and may have the same origin, from 'châtaigne', the fruit of the chestnut tree, that you can find in French names like Castaing or Chastan.

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