Forename Joost

All over the world, Joost (Deus , Joost , Йост ) is a common boy's first name. The first name Joost is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a common masculine name, Netherlands, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Tanzania, Netherlands, and Indonesia. Likewise, Joost is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Joost

name Dejos, name Йост, name جوست, name Joost, name Josse, name Joos, name Jodocus, name Jošt, name Deus, name Jost, name Yost, name Йоост, name Ван, name Юстус, name Jodok, name יוסט

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Deus	Germany, Tanzania, Brazil, Angola, Uganda
Joost	Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Indonesia, Belgium
Йост	Russia, Ukraine
جوست	Egypt, Iran

First names said to be same

Dejos, Jodocus, Jodok, Joos, Josse, Jost, Jošt, Yost, Ван, Йоост, Юстус, and יוסט

First name Joost in the context

Joost is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joost , character in Bommelsaga.

Notable namesakes

	joost de hurtere Potrtuguese noble (1430-1495), NL (b. 1430)
	joost van montfoort (1510-1535), NL (b. 1510)
	joost massys clockmaker and architect from the Southern Netherlands, BE (b. 1463)
	joost heer kruiningen en heenvliet burggraf van zeeland (1485-1543) (b. 1485)
	joost sasbout Joost Sasbout of Delft (4 March 1487 - 14 November 1546), a correspondent of Desiderius Erasmus, cf. Contemporaries of Erasmus III, 196-197, NL (b. 1487)
	joost de soete Lost the battle that signaled the start to the Eighty Years' War (1541-1589), NL (b. 1541)
	joost van baern (b. 1490)
	joost van cortenbach (b. 1500)
	joost van bronckhorst-borculo (b. 1503)
	joost d'hondt Flemish and Dutch engraver and cartographer, BE (b. 1563)
	joost sijbrandtsz buyck (b. 1505)
	joost sijbrantsz. buyck NL (b. 1505)
	joost heer van bronckhorst-batenburg heer van borculo en lichtenvoorde (1518-1599) (b. 1518)
	joost van hardenbroek NL (b. 1510)
	joost jansz. bilhamer Dutch cartographer, NL (b. 1521)

Characteristic surnames

De, Bruijn, Peters, Dekker, Linden, Jansen, Jacobs, Hofman, Visser, Martens, Brouwer, Peeters, Leeuwen, Janssen, Hermans, Heijden, Vermeer, Verbeek, Willems, Schouten, Hendriks, Vermeulen, Bakker, Simons, Mulder, Meijer, Bos, Kok, Der, Dam, Van, Ven, Smit, Berg, Beek, Boer, Verhoeven, Dijk, Haan, Veen, Smits, Bosch, Brink, Broek, Graaf, Groen, Groot, Vries, Jong, and Van Den Berg