Joseph
Sign in to saveJoseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (Kurdî), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled Esaf (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled Ousep (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as Yosepu (யோசேப்பு).
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Joseph
- Given name.image
- Peter von Cornelius 002.jpg
- Given name.caption
- Joseph, a figure in the Book of Genesis
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.meaning
- YHWH shall add, God will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away
- Given name.region
- Middle East
- Given name.origin
- Hebrew
- Given name.name day
- 19 March
- Given name.related names
- Joe, Joey, Joel, Jojo, Jos, Joss, Josh, John, Jose, Josephus, José, Joseba, Jože, Jāzeps, Dodô, Doido, Joep, Jupp, Posie, Bapi, Jô, Giuseppe, Yosef, Yoseph, Ouseph, Iosif, Peppa, Hovsep, Yusuf, Seph, Sepp, Jo, Josie, Josip, Josif, Josef, József, Pepa, Josephine, Josephina, Increase, Juuso, Joshua, Ġużepp, Ġużè, Xosé, Żepp, Żeppi
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- Commons category
- Joseph (given name)
- native label
- Joseph
- Soundex
- J210
- Cologne phonetics
- 083
- Caverphone
- YSF111
- transliteration or transcription
- جوزيف
- nickname
- Josy
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Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (Kurdî), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled Esaf (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled Ousep (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as Yosepu (யோசேப்பு).
The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and Joseph was one of the two names (along with Robert) to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Jews.