Joost (name)

Joost is a male first name as reduction or pet form of Justus, or Jodocus Josef / Jozef.

Bearers of the name

• Joost Lijbaart (born 1967 ), Dutch jazz drummer
• Joost Posthuma ( b. 1981 ), Dutch cyclist
• Joost van Sasse (1684-1755), engraver of the 18th century
• Joost Schmidt (1893-1948), German typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
• Joost Siedhoff (* 1926), German actor
• Joost Swarte ( born 1947 ), Dutch illustrator, comic artist and designer
• Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), Dutch poet and playwright
• Joost Zwagerman ( b. 1963 ), Dutch writer, essayist and journalist