Is There a Joesten Coat of Arms?

Joesten? Think of it as Jost with a different pen. Taken at its root, Joesten points to “from the name Jodocus”.

Joesten and Jost

Records show Joesten as one of the forms Jost took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Josten, Joisten and Joosten.

Heraldry and the Joesten name

Arms linked to Jost and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Joesten family name pack.