Jost as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jost

What is the meaning of the name Jost ?

The baby name Jost is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /joːst/ (YOHST).

Jost is Dutch, German in Origin.

Jost (pronounced YOHST) is a Germanic given name and surname. It most commonly descends from medieval Jodocus, the Latinized form of Breton Iudoc, whose root iud means "lord," with a diminutive sense of "little lord." The name traveled from Brittany into Flanders and the German-speaking world through the cult of the 7th-century Saint Judoc. In the Low Countries and parts of northern Germany, Jost/Joost can also contract Latin Justus, adding the parallel sense of "just, righteous."

Documented in guild rolls and parish books from the 14th century onward, Jost became well established in Switzerland, the Rhineland, and Hanseatic towns, and later appears as a family name. Noted early bearers include the artist Jost Amman and mathematician Jost Bürgi. Variants and related forms include Joost (Dutch), Jobst (German), Jodok/Jodocus (German/Latin), Josse (French), Joyce (English development), and Yost/Yoest (Americanized spellings).