Kist (family name)

Kist denotes an average common German family name.

origin

The Duden gives three possible explanations for the origin of the name:

1. Family name derived from Kirst , a Low German form of Christian , by dropping the r before s .
2. Job transfer name to mhd. Box by box, box, especially for storing clothes for the Kistler (carpenter).
3. Name of origin for the place name Kist (Lower Franconia).

variants

• Box
• Kistler
• Kistner
• Kirst
• Kirste
• Kirsten
• Krist
• Crist
• Christian

Name bearer

• Agostinho Willy Kist (1925–2002), Brazilian religious, Bishop of Diamantino
• Alfons Kist (1913–1986), German economist, administrative officer and politician (CDU)
• Barbara Kist († 1995), German pop singer
• Christian Kist (* 1986), Dutch darts player
• Johannes Kist (1901–1972), German historian and university professor (professor at the Philosophical-Theological University in Bamberg)
• Kees Kist (* 1952), Dutch soccer player
• Nicolaas Christiaan Kist (1793-1859), Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian

See also

• Kirsten (first name) , Scandinavian first name
• Krister , a Swedish male first name
• Kist , municipality in the district of Würzburg, Bavaria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.de/learn/learningcenters/namedist.aspx?name=Kist . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
2. ↑ Brockhaus Duden Neue Medien GmbH, Mannheim 2006, in: https://www.ancestry.de/learn/learningcenters/nameorigin.aspx?name=Kist . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
3. ↑ See https://verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-7620-9.htm . Retrieved August 23, 2019.