Forename Jost

All over the world, Jost (Jost , Йост , ג'וסט ) is quite a common masculine given name. The first name Jost is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare male name, Switzerland, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Albania, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Germany, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Jost is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jost

name Ёст, name יוסט, name Jošt, name ג'וסט, name Jost, name جوست, name Jobst, name Joost, name Jöst, name Justus, name Йост, name Yost

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jost	Switzerland, United States, Austria, France, Germany
Йост	Ukraine, Russia
ג'וסט	Israel
جوست	Egypt, Iran

First names said to be same

Jobst, Joost, Jošt, Justus, Jöst, Yost, Ёст, and יוסט

First name Jost in the context

Jost is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jost , the operatic character in the opera Ulenspiegel and Jost der Hundsheimer , the operatic character in the opera Fanal.

Notable namesakes

	hildebrand jost Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1585)
	jodokus jost Swiss author, CH (b. 1589)
	jupp jost German sculptor and painter (1920-1993), DE (b. 1920)
	caro jost German artist, DE (b. 1965)
	saura m jost M.S., civil engineering, University of Washington, 2012
	hanna jost German association football player, DE
	jackson jost Film director and director of photography., US

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ann, Ana, Ali, Sã, Sky, Sue, Sil, Sam, Mã, Meg, Mel, Ari, Mom, May, Ed, Jo, Dj, Bj, Ad, Al, Su, Ms, Mr, Mo, Max, and Amy