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Joost (M)>

Joost (male)

Variants:Jobst (M) Joos (M) Joyce (M) Justus (M)
Derivative of:Iodoc (M) Iodocus (M) Jodocus (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Dutch form of Justus, from Latin "just, fair".

2. Dutch form of Jodocus, the Latinized form of the Breton name Iodoc, meaning "lord". From this a number of other names have been derived:

      Jobst (M) - Low German,

      Joos (M) - Dutch, and

      Joyce (M/F) - English [q.v.].