Kist (family name)
Kist denotes an average common German family name.
origin
The Duden gives three possible explanations for the origin of the name:
- Family name derived from Kirst , a Low German form of Christian , by dropping the r before s .
- Job transfer name to mhd. Box by box, box, especially for storing clothes for the Kistler (carpenter).
- Name of origin for the place name Kist (Lower Franconia).
variants
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
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.de/learn/learningcenters/namedist.aspx?name=Kist . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ Brockhaus Duden Neue Medien GmbH, Mannheim 2006, in: https://www.ancestry.de/learn/learningcenters/nameorigin.aspx?name=Kist . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ See https://verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-7620-9.htm . Retrieved August 23, 2019.