With the pressure to have a fixed surname, Jews sought out interesting ways to name themselves. Some gathered at the synagogue and the rabbi opened a prayer book, the first word on a page was then offered to a family, and so on. Some took names from popular characters in literature. While others created matronymic and patronymic names with suffixes like -sohn, -ov, -kin, etc to denote “descendant of”. 1
Fust, however, comes from the category of nickname surnames, which were originally given to individual based on their character, or physical make-up. The Old High German word "faust" is German for fist, and the name is thought to have been a nickname for a strong or pugnacious person or for someone with a club hand or other deformity of the hand. The German surname Faust is taken from the Latin personal name Fautus, which means 'fortunate', or 'lucky'.
Fust Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Faust, Fauste, Faustel, Fausst, Fausste, Fauss, Fausse, Fust and many more.
