Joost - Meaning of Joost

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[ 1 syll. joo-(s)(t), jo-ost ] The baby boy name Joost is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as Yuw-ST †. Joost is used chiefly in the Dutch and African languages, and its origin is Breton and Latin. The name was introduced by the Normans into England. It was adopted by early 11th-century Europeans, who sometimes took the given name of their father as a surname.

Joost is a diminutive form of the name Jodocus in the Dutch language.

Joost is also a variant of the name Joyce (English) in the Dutch language.

Joost is also a diminutive form of the name Justin (English and French) in the Dutch language.

Joost is also a variant of the name Justus (German and English) in the African and Dutch languages.

The name Jost is a variant of Joost.

See also the related form, Jodok (German).

See also the related categories, latin, normans, breton, and dutch.

Joost is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Joost, Justin was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Joost include Yust, Jacquet, Jagat, Unitie, Yajat, Yakout, Yazeed, Yazeede, Yazeid, Yazeide, Yazid, Yazide, Yazied, Yaziede, Yazyd, Yazyde, Yigat, Yigit, Yucktah, and Eustachy.

† English pronunciation for Joost: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"