Kosten Family History
Kosten Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German kost ‘provisions board livelihood’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a grocer or purveyor but in some cases probably a shortened form of Kostenbader . German: habitational name from a place so named in Tyrol. Dutch: from a shortened vernacular form of the personal name Christiaan (from Latin Christianus; see Christian ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022