Pust Family History
Pust Name Meaning
North German: metonymic occupational name for an upholsterer from Middle Low German pust ‘upholstery’. South German: variant of Pfaus (see Pfautz ). East German (of Slavic origin): topographic name from a Slavic word such as Sorbian and Polish pusty ‘wild uncultivated’; compare 5 below. Slovenian: nickname from the name of a mythological being Pust folk patron of Shrovetide hence probably denoting someone born between the end of Christmas and the start of Lent. The name Pust is a shortened form of the obsolete word mesopust ‘Shrovetide’ composed of meso ‘meat’ and the imperative pust(i) ‘abstain’. Slovenian: probably also a nickname or a topographic name from pust ‘fatless’ figuratively ‘insipid’ also ‘barren’ thus denoting an insipid person or someone who lived on barren land.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022