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Kost (surname)

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Kost is a German, Dutch, Polish and Ukrainian surname, either a nickname for a bony angular person from Ukrainian And Czech kost, Slovak kosť or Polish kość "bone" or a residual form of the baptismal name Konstantin.[1][2] It may refer to:

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  1. ^ "Kost Definition des Nachnamens". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-08-10. Kost Definition des Nachnamens: Restform zum Taufname Konstantin.
  2. ^ "Kost Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10. German Dutch Polish And Ukrainian; Rusyn (In Slovakia Mainly Kosť): From A (Medieval) Vernacular Short Form Of Local Equivalents (For Some Of The Slavic Ones See Kostyk ) Of The Latin Personal Names Constantius And Constantinus (See Constant Constantine ). Ukrainian And Polish; Czech (Also Kosť) And Slovak (Mainly Kosť): Nickname For A Bony Angular Person From Ukrainian And Czech Kost Slovak Kosť Polish Kość 'Bone'. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Metonymic Occupational Name For A Grocer From German Kost 'Provisions Food'. In Some Cases Also An American Shortened Form Of Any Slavic Surname Beginning With Kost-. Compare Cost.