Name Yost stand for and what origin
I am trying to find out what Yost stands for. Yost and Elizabeth Decker's son John came to the USA around 1857. What does Yost stand for in Enlish?
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It is an Americanisation of the German name Jo(o)st, which again is from Jodocus (click on Joyce for more info)Andy ;—)
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