Joost

yoost
Dutch
"just"

Joost Origin and Meaning

The name Joost is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "just".

Like many Dutch names, this one, pronounced 'yoost' has an upbeat sound. Also spelled Joos, as in sixteenth century Netherlandish master Joos van Cleve, one of the first to introduce background landscapes in his paintings.

Joost Popularity

Famous People Named Joost

  • Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen
    South African rugby union player
  • Joost van den Vondel
    Dutch poet and playwright
  • Joost van Vollenhoven
    Dutch colonial administrator and soldier
  • Joost de Blank
    Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa; anti,apartheid activist
  • Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten
    Dutch golfer
  • Joost Berman
    Dutch jurist and writer
  • Boaz Joost van Velzen (b. 2012)
    son of singer VanVelzen

Joost in Pop Culture

  • Joost
    character in The Way