Joost (name)
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Joost is a male Dutch first name
. It derives from the name Jodocus
, which can ultimately be traced back to St. Judoc, a Breton saint in the seventh century: Jodocus → Josse → Joos → Joost (the addition of an end-t is a peculiarity of the Dutch language, especially some local dialects).
Sometimes an alternative derivation from the Ancient Roman name Justus
is suggested. In Dutch
proper it is pronounced ˈjoːst. In Afrikaans
it is pronounced ˈjust.
Dutch name
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name, as in English, is usually gender-specific.-Dutch given names:The given name is given to a child by the parents shortly after, or before, birth. It is common to give a child several given names, particularly among...
. It derives from the name Jodocus
Jodocus
Jodocus , sometimes Josse, Joos, Joost, Joest or Jost, is a given name and a family name...
, which can ultimately be traced back to St. Judoc, a Breton saint in the seventh century: Jodocus → Josse → Joos → Joost (the addition of an end-t is a peculiarity of the Dutch language, especially some local dialects).
Sometimes an alternative derivation from the Ancient Roman name Justus
Justus
Justus was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, probably arriving with the second group of missionaries despatched in 601...
is suggested. In Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
proper it is pronounced ˈjoːst. In Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
it is pronounced ˈjust.
Historical
- Joos van CleveJoos van CleveJoos van Cleve was a painter active in Antwerp around 1511 to 1540. He was born around 1485 and died in between 1540 and 1541...
- a NetherlandishDutch and Flemish Renaissance paintingDutch and Flemish Renaissance painting represents the 16th century response to Italian Renaissance art in the Low Countries. These artists, who span from the Antwerp Mannerists and Hieronymus Bosch at the start of the century to the late Northern Mannerists such as Hendrik Goltzius and Joachim...
painter - Jan Joest van Kalkar - a NetherlandishDutch and Flemish Renaissance paintingDutch and Flemish Renaissance painting represents the 16th century response to Italian Renaissance art in the Low Countries. These artists, who span from the Antwerp Mannerists and Hieronymus Bosch at the start of the century to the late Northern Mannerists such as Hendrik Goltzius and Joachim...
painter - Joost BürgiJoost BürgiJost Bürgi, or Joost, or Jobst Bürgi , active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician....
- Swiss clockmaker and mathematician - Joost de SoeteJoost de SoeteJoost de Soete or de Zoete, Lord of Villers or Villiers, was a Dutch nobleman and military commander who fought in the early years of the Eighty Years' War....
- 16th century Dutch field marshal and Lord of Villers - Joost Banckert - Dutch Vice Admiral
- Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
- German-Dutch writer and playwright - Joost van Sasse, copper engraver in the 18th century
- Joost van DykJoost van DykJoost van Dyk was a Dutch privateer who was one of the earliest European settlers in the British Virgin Islands in the seventeenth century, and established the first permanent settlements within the Territory...
- 17th century Dutch privateer - Arnold Joost van Keppel - 17th century Dutch nobleman
Contemporary
- Joost EerdmansJoost EerdmansBernard Johannes Eerdmans is a politician in the Netherlands, and member of the Eén NL party.-Personal life:Eerdmans studied Management Science at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam...
- Dutch politician - Joost Elffers - American publisher
- Joost Lagendijk - Dutch politician
- Joost SwarteJoost SwarteJoost Swarte is a Dutch comic artist and graphic designer. He is best known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing, and in fact coined the term....
- Dutch comic artist and graphical designer - Joost ZwagermanJoost ZwagermanJohannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwagerman is a Dutch writer, poet, and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.- Education :At the age of nine Joost Zwagerman was already engaged with texts...
- Dutch writer and poet - Joost van der WesthuizenJoost van der WesthuizenJoost van der Westhuizen is a former South African rugby union footballer who was the Springboks' first choice scrum-half in the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s. He was capped 89 times for the Springboks and scored 38 tries...
- South African rugby player - Joost van den BroekJoost van den BroekJoost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...
- Dutch keyboardist
Geographical
- Sint JoostSint Joost-History:13th Century - The village of Sint Joost comes into being as a small settlement around a former cloister .1730-1780 The area of Sint Joost is frequently raided by the so-called "Goat riders"...
- Small village in the Dutch municipality of Echt-SusterenEcht-SusterenEcht-Susteren is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt and Susteren.... - Sint-Joost-ten-NodeSaint-Josse-ten-NoodeSint-Joost-ten-Node or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium....
- A Belgian town and municipality in the BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
district - Jost Van DykeJost Van DykeAt roughly 8 square kilometers, and about 3 square miles Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about 8 km to the...
- One of the main islands of the British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...