title: Kost (surname)
text: # Kost (surname)
  
  Kost is a German, Dutch, Polish and Ukrainian surname, either a nickname for a bony angular person from Ukrainian And Czech kost, Slovak kosť or Polish kość "bone" or a residual form of the baptismal name Konstantin. It may refer to:
  
  * Eryka Mondry-Kost (1940), Polish gymnast
  * Joseph Kost (1947), Israeli academic
  * Nina Kost (1995), Swiss swimmer
  * R. J. Kost, American politician
  * Roman Kost (1984), Ukrainian sculptor
  * Thomas Kost (1969), German football manager
  