The baby name Joos is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /joːs/ (Dutch) — "YOHS".
The baby name Joos is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /joːs/ (Dutch) — "YOHS".
Joos is Dutch, Flemish in Origin.
Joos is a Dutch and Flemish masculine given name (also found as a surname), a regional variant or short form of Joost. Joost descends from Latin Jodocus, the learned form of Breton Iodoc, built on iud "lord, chief" with the diminutive -oc. The sense is "little lord" or "lordly," a meaning spread through the medieval cult of Saint Judoc (St. Josse), a 7th-century Breton prince-turned-hermit. In Dutch, Joos is pronounced roughly YOHS.
Documented across the medieval and early modern Low Countries, the name appears with artists Joos van Cleve and Joos de Momper and with traveler Joos van Ghistele, signaling strong Flemish use. Parallel and related forms include Dutch Joost, German Jost, French Josse/Joce (source of English Joyce), Breton Judoc, and Latin Jodocus; diminutives such as Joosje occur in Dutch. Surname derivatives include Joosse and Joosens. Today Joos is uncommon in Belgium and the Netherlands but persists locally in Flanders and Zeeland.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| EC | 0 | #121 | 1 | 2,502 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #247 | 7 | 6,830 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #326 | 7 | 7,401 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #470 | 5 | 14,421 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #572 | 2 | 11,342 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #651 | 1 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #900 | 52 | 5,873 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #910 | 46 | 5,933 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #924 | 3 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #926 | 57 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,106 | 73 | 25,619 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,154 | 30 | 17,781 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,176 | 7 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,687 | 5 | 28,008 |
Joos is popular in 27 countries — most recent births per country:
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