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Joost

Boy NameDutch Origin

Meaning

Dutch form of Iudocus (see JOYCE), sometimes used as a diminutive of JUSTUS or JOZEF.

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Based on famous people named Joost and cultural associations, this name tends to be associated with:

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Famous People Named Joost

Joost Schmidt

Joost Schmidt (Wunstorf, 5 January 1893 - Nürnberg, 2 December 1948) was a German typographer, a teacher or master at the Bauhaus, and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin.

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Joost Zwagerman

Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman (18 November 1963 – 8 September 2015) was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist.

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Joost Ritman

Joost R.

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Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot

Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot or Droogsloot (1586 – May 14, 1666), was a Dutch painter of village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories.

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Joost van Geel

Joost van Geel (1631, Rotterdam – 1698, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter in the style of Gabriel Metsu.

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Joost in Other Languages

Ancient CelticJodocus
ArabicYousef
ArabicYoussef
ArabicYusef
ArmenianHovsep
AzerbaijaniYusif

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