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Around the globe, جوست (Joost , Jost , Gossett ) is a common male given name. The given name جوست is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Netherlands, where it is quite a common boy's name, Belgium, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Germany. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Germany, Netherlands, and Indonesia. Likewise, جوست is the last name as well as the forename.
جوست is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joost , character in Bommelsaga; Jost , the operatic character in the opera Ulenspiegel and Jost der Hundsheimer , the operatic character in the opera Fanal.