Josten Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

There is no single Josten family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Meaning of the name

Josten is one more way Jost has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “from the name Jodocus”, the same as for Jost.

The ending -en in Josten marks an German derivative of the root behind Jost. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Joisten, Joesten and Joosten. 397 Americans were listed as Josten in the 2010 census.

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