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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.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
