Joseph (name)
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| Joseph | |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Hebrew |
| Meaning: | "The Lord will increase/add" |
Joseph is a given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew as signifying "The Lord will increase/add". This variant of the name is used mostly in English and French-speaking countries. Some diminutives of Joseph include: Joe, Joey and Jo.
The name Joseph has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries.
In the Old Testament, Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first. In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary, the father of Jesus.
[edit] Other language variants
- Jozef - Albanian, Dutch, Slovak
- Հովսեփ (Hovsep') - Armenian
- Xosé - Asturian, Galician
- Joseba - Basque
- Josepe - Basque
- Josep, Pep - Catalan
- Josip - Croatian
- Josef - Czech, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Joe - (Shortened) English
- Jooseppi - Finnish
- Seosamh - Gaelic/Irish
- იოსებ (Ioseb) - Georgian
- ዮሰፍ (Yosef) - Ge'ez and other Ethiopian Semitic languages
- Ιώσηπος (Iōsepos) - Greek
- Ιωσήφ (Iosēph) - Greek
- József - Hungarian
- Józsi - (Shortened) Hungarian
- Jósef - Icelandic
- Jósep - Icelandic
- ジョセフ - Japanese
- Iosephus - Latin (also spelled Josephus)
- Jazeps - Latvian
- Jezups - Latgalian
- Joosef - Low German
- Giuseppe & Beppe - Italian
- Juozapas, Juozas - Lithuanian
- Ġużeppi & Żeppi & Żeppu & Peppi & Peppu - Maltese - Il-Malti
- Hohepa - Māori
- Józef - Polish
- José - Portuguese
- Zé - (Shortened) Portuguese
- Иосиф (Iosif) - Russian
- Iosif - Romanian
- José, Pepe - Spanish
- Јосиф (Josif) - Serbian
- Jožef - Slovene
- Йосип - (Josyph) - Ukrainian
- Giuse, Giô-sép - Vietnamese
