Mostert

Mostert or Mostaert is a Dutch and Afrikaans metonymic occupational surname. Meaning "mustard", it originally referred to a mustard miller or salesman. The Middle Dutch spelling Mostaert and modern Dutch spelling Mosterd are among variant forms of the surname.[1] People with these surnames include:

  • Chaz Mostert (born 1992), Australian racing driver
  • Chris Mostert (born ca. 1950), Dutch saxophonist
  • Franco Mostert (born 1990), South African rugby player
  • Frederick Mostert (born 1959), South African trademark attorney and legal writer
  • Gerhard Mostert (born 1984), South African rugby player
  • Heinz Mostert (born 1949), German football defender
  • Henk Mostert (1925–2002), Dutch correspondence chess player and president
  • Herman Mostert (born 1969), South African rugby player
  • JP Mostert (born 1988), South African rugby player
  • Joseph Mostert (1912–1967), Belgian middle-distance runner
  • Karla Mostert (born 1990), South African netball player
  • Mark Mostert (born 1950s), South African-born American non-fiction writer
  • Mary Mostert (1929–2016), American Mormon missionary and writer
  • Natasha Mostert, South African novelist and screenwriter
  • Nicol Mostert (born 1985), South African rugby player
  • Phil Mostert (1898–1972), South African rugby player
  • Raheem Mostert (born 1992), American football running back
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  • Antoon Mostaert (1881–1971), Belgian Roman Catholic missionary in Inner Mongolia
  • Frans Mostaert (1528–1598), Flemish landscape painter, twin brother of Gillis
  • Gillis Mostaert (1528–1560), Flemish landscape painter, twin brother of Frans
  • Jan Mostaert (c.1475–1553), Dutch portrait painter, possibly grandfather of Frans and Gillis

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mostert at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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