Given name & surname
Jost
Jost is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanJoester
Meaning & origin
Jost’s family of names
In German usage, Jost has a related form in JODOKUS. In German usage, Jost as a surname has a related form in JOESTER.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jost
- Jost GippertGerman linguistborn 1956
- Jost BürgiSwiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician (1552-1632)
- Jost AmmanSwiss printmaker (1539-1591)
- Jost VacanoGerman cinematographerborn 1934
- Jost CapitoGerman Motorsport managerborn 1958
- Jost FitschenGerman botanist (1869–1947)
- Jost WintelerSwiss linguist, teacher, ornithologist and poet, and Albert Einstein's housefather at Aarau (1846-1929)
- Justus Ludwik DecjuszPolish diplomat1485–1545
- Jost MetzlerGerman navy officer and WWII submarine commander (1909–1975)
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