Cust
loc · Latin script
Meaning: A shortened form of Custance, a different form of Constance (Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history])
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Cust is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.
- NZNew Zealand
- INIndia
- UZUzbekistan
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A shortened form of Custance, a different form of Constance.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- INIndia
- NZNew Zealand
- BRBrazil
- UZUzbekistan
- PTPortugal
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Cust is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, short form of Custance or Constance; first attested Custe filia Willelmi 1219 AssY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Romanian, first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of custa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Abbreviation of custody.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dum, choice, what is chosen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Lionel Custb. 1859GBBritish art historian and author (1859-1929)
- Harry Custb. 1861GBBritish politician (1861-1917)
- Jack Custb. 1979USMajor League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cust mean, and where does it come from?
- A shortened form of Custance, a different form of Constance. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Cust have the most bearers?
- Cust is most frequently recorded in India.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cust”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.