Details for the forename Jobst

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Jobst (male)


Variants:	Joos (M) Joost (M) Joyce (M)
Derivative of:	Iodoc (M) Iodocus (M) Jodocus (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Low German from the Breton name Iodoc, meaning "lord" which was Latinized as Iodocus or Jodocus from which Jobst and a number of other names have been derived: Joost and Joos (Dutch), and Joyce (English) [q.v.].