Jodok

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Jodok is a male name .

meaning

The name probably has its origin in the Celtic iud for "fighter", "warrior" or "lord".

variants

  • Jodokus, Jodocus, Judocus, Judochus, Jodock
  • Jobst , Jost, Joost , Jos , Joos, Johs, Johst , Joszt (Hungarian variant)
  • Josse , Jocelyn, Jocelyne, Josselin, Josseline, Josquin (French)
  • Joist, Joyce (Eng.)
  • Giosch (Raetorom . )

name day

St. Jodok (painting by the master of Messkirch )

Well-known namesake

Form Jodok, Jodokus, Jodocus
Form Jobst, Jost, Joos
Middle name
pseudonym

Literary characters

  • Exodus and homecoming of Jodok Fink by Johannes Freumbichler , 1942
  • Jodok sends his regards from Peter Bichsel , in: Kindergeschichten , 1969
  • Alfred Jodocus Kwak , title character of a music fable by Hermann van Veen and a cartoon series based on this
  • Remember Joost from Sesame Street

Place names

Churches

see Jodokuskirche

See also