Joseph

Joseph is a common masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew. Yosef is used mostly in English, French and partially German-speaking (alongside "Josef") countries. This spelling is also found as a variant in the Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. In Persian the name is "Yousef".

This article is about the masculine given name. For other uses, see Joseph (disambiguation).
Joseph
Joseph, a figure in the Book of Genesis.
Pronunciation/ˈdʒoʊzɪf, -sɪf/
GenderMale
Name day19 March
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningHe will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away
Region of originuncertain
Other names
Related namesJoe, Joey, Joel, Jojo, Jos, Joss, Josh, John, Jose, Josephus, José, Josué, Joseba, Jože, Dodô, Doido, Joep,Posie, Bapi, Jô, Giuseppe, Yoseph, Ouseph, Peppa, Yusuf, Seph, Sepp, Jo, Josie, Josephine, Josephina, Juuso

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.[1] 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 Palestine Jews.[2]

In the Book of Genesis[3] Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and known in the Hebrew Bible as Yossef ben-Yaakov.[4] In the New Testament the most notable two are Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus; and Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.

Etymology

The Bible offers two explanations of the name Yosef: first it is compared to the word asaf from the root /'sp/, "taken away": "And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach"; Yosef is then identified with the similar root /ysp/, meaning "add": "And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son."[5] The Jewish Encyclopedia says that it is a theophoric name referencing YHWH.[6] The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word asaf.

Variants, diminutives and familiar forms in other languages

Variations for males include:

  • Afrikaans: Josef, Joesoef
  • Albanian: Jozë (indefinite), Joza (definite), Zef (indef.), Zefi (def.), Josif (indef.), Josifi (def.), Isuf (indef.), Isufi (def.), Bibë (indef.), Biba (def.)
  • Alsatian: Sepp
  • Amharic: ዮሴፍ (Yosēfi)
  • Armenian: Հովսեփ, Յովսէփ (Hovsep)
  • Arabic: يوسف (Yūsuf, Youssef, Yussef, Yousif, Yousef, Youssof)
  • Azerbaijani: Yusif, Yusuf, Usub
  • Belarusian: Іосіф (Iosif), Язэп (Jazep)
  • Bengali: ইউসুফ (Iusuf or Yusuf) (Islamic), জোসেফ (Jushef) (Christian)
  • Bosnian: Josip, Jusuf
  • Basque: Joseba, Josepe
  • Brazilian Portuguese: José, Zé, Zezé, Jô
  • Bulgarian: Йосиф (Yosif)
  • Burmese (Myanmar): ယောသပ်သည် (Yaw sautsai)
  • Cantonese: 約瑟 (Joek3 sat1)
  • Catalan: Josep, Pep (shortened form), Jep (an alternative shortened form)
  • Circassian: Юсыф (Yusyf)
  • Corsican: Ghjaseppu
  • Croatian: Josip, Joso, Jozo, Joza, Joze, Joško, Joža, Jože, Bepo, Bepi, Bapi, Pino, Osíp, Bozo, Gonzo, Ganso
  • Czech: Josef; Diminutives: Pepa, Peppa, Pepík, Pepik, Jožka, Pepan, Pepča, Pepek, Pepino, Jožin
  • Danish: Josef
  • Dutch: Jozef, Josephus; Diminutives: Joep, Joost, Jos, Jo, Jef, Seppe
  • English: Joseph, Diminutives: Joe, Joey
  • Esperanto: Jozefo
  • Estonian: Joosep, Joosu
  • Faroese: Jósef
  • Fijian: Josefa
  • Filipino: Joseph, José, Pepe, Peping, Sep, Jojo
  • Finnish: Jooseppi, Juuso
  • French: José, Joseph, Jojo
  • Friulian: Bepi, Bepo, Bapi, Bepùt
  • Galician: Xosé
  • Georgian: იოსებ (Ioseb), სოსო ("Soso")
  • German: Josef, Joseph; Jupp (familiar); Sepp, Seppl or Pepi (familiar or diminutive forms, particularly in South Germany and Austria)
  • Greek: Ιωσήφ (Iōséph), Ιώσηπος (Iosipos), Σήφης ("Sifis") (local in Crete)
  • Gujarati: જોસેફ (Jōsēfa)
  • Hawaiian (Iokepa)
  • Hebrew: יוסף‎ (Yosef), יוסי ("Yossi", diminutive)
  • Hiligaynon: José, Josef, Josep (rare)
  • Hindi: यूसुफ (Yūsuf)
  • Hungarian: József; Jóska, Józsi (diminutive)
  • Icelandic: Jósef, Jói
  • Igbo: Yôsēp̄, Yossef, Josef
  • Indonesian: Yoseph, Yosep, Yusuf, Yusup, Josef, Joseph
  • Interlingua: Joseph
  • Italian: Giuseppe, Giù, Beppe, Peppe, Peppino, Pepino, Pino, Bepi, Beppo, Pippo, Puccio, Gioseffo
  • Irish: Seosamh, Iósaf
  • Japanese: ヨセフ (Yosefu), ジョセフ (Jyosefu)
  • Kambaata language, Ethiopia: Yeseffe, Yese, Josse, Jossy
  • Kannada: ಜೋಸೆಫ್ (Jōseph)
  • Kazakh: Yusuf, Jusip
  • Khmer: យ៉ូសែប (Yousaep)
  • Korean: 요셉 (Yosep), 조셉 (Joseb)
  • Kyrgyz: Жусуп (Dzhusup)
  • Latin: Iosephvs
  • Latvian: Jāzeps, Jozefs, Josefs, Josifs, Džozefs, Žozefs, Jusufs, Jozis, Zeps, Seps
  • Limburgish: Joep, Sef
  • Lithuanian: Juozapas, Juozas (shorter form), Juzas (shortest form), Justas
  • Lombard: Giüsèpp, Pèpp, Pèpa, Pèppa, Bèpp
  • Macedonian: Јосиф (J̌osif)
  • Malayalam: ജോസപ്പ് (Josapp) or ജോസപ്പൻ (Josappan), ഔസേപ്പ് (Ousepp), യോസേപ്പ് (Yosef), ഔസേപച്ചന്‍ (Ouseppachen), കൊച്ചാപ്പു (Kochaappu), ഈപ്പൻ (Eappan), ഈപ്പച്ചൻ (Eappachan), ജോസഫ് (Jēāsaph)
  • Malaysian: Yusuf, Yusop, Yusoff, Jusoh, Eusoff, Usop
  • Manado Malay: Josef, Yosef, Oce'
  • Maltese: Ġużeppi, Ġużi, Ġuż, Ġużè, Peppi, Peppu, Peppinu, Pepp, Peppa, Pepa, Żeppi, Żeppu, Żepp
  • Mandarin: simplified Chinese: 约瑟; traditional Chinese: 約瑟; pinyin: (Yuēsè), simplified Chinese: 约瑟夫; traditional Chinese: 約瑟夫; pinyin: (Yuēsèfū), 玉素甫 (Yùsùfǔ), Zho-Zi-Fu
  • Marathi: योसेफ (Jōsēfa)
  • Maori: Hohepa
  • Mongolian: Иосеф (Iosyef)
  • Nepali: यूसुफ (Yūsupha)
  • Norwegian: Josef
  • Occitan: Josèp
  • Persian: يوسف (Youssef, Yūsuf, Yussef)
  • Polish: Józef (Yu-zef), Józek (diminutive), Józio (diminutive)
  • Portuguese: José, Josefo,[7] Diminutive forms: Zé, Zezé
  • Provençal: Jóusè
  • Punjabi: ਯੂਸੁਫ਼ (Yūsufa)
  • Quechua: Husiy
  • Romanian: Iosif, Iosub
  • Romansch: Giusep, Gisep, Giusi, Sepp
  • Russian: Иосиф (Iosif), Осип ("Osip"), Пеппа (Peppa)
  • Samoan: Iosefa, Sefa
  • Sardinian: Josepe, Zosepe, Gisepu
  • Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh
  • Serbian: Јосиф (Josif), Јосеф (Josef), Јозеф (Jozef)
  • Sepedi: Josefa
  • Sicilian: Giuseppi
  • Silesian: Zefel, Zeflik (diminutive)
  • Singapore: Joseph
  • Sinhala: ජොසේ (Jose), ජෝසේෆ් (Jōsēf)
  • Slovak: Jozef, Jožo, Dodo, Ďoďo, Dodô, Doido
  • Slovene: Jožef, Jože
  • Somali: Yuusuf, يوسف
  • Spanish: José; hypocoristic versions: Pepe, Chepe, Che, Cheo, Chelo
  • Sundanese: Yusup, Usup, Ucup
  • Swahili: Yusuph, Yusufu, Yosefu
  • Swedish: Josef
  • Sylheti: য়ুসুফ (Yusuf)
  • Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (Yosip, Yausef, Ossi)
  • Tagalog: Jose, Pepe, Peping
  • Tamil: ஜோசப் (Jōcap, Josef), யொசெப் (Yocep, Yosef)
  • Tajik: Юсуф (Yusuf)
  • Telugu: యోసేపు (Yōsepu)
  • Thai: โจเซฟ (Co sef, Josef)
  • Tongan: Siosefa
  • Turkish: Yusuf
  • Ukrainian: Йосип (Josyp), Осип (Osyp)
  • Urdu: يوسف‎ (Yūsuf)
  • Uzbek: Yusuf, Иосиф (Iosif)
  • Valencian: Josep
  • Venetian: Juxepe, Bepi, Bepin, Bapi
  • Vietnamese: Giu-se or Giô-xếp or Yuse or Giô-sép
  • Vilamovian: Juza
  • Welsh: Joseff
  • Yiddish: Yissl, Yussel, Jayzl
  • Yoruba: Josefu, Yusufu
  • Shona: Joze, Joza
  • Zulu: uJosef

Female forms
Main article: Josephine (name)

People

Biblical figures

Royalty

Politics

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Religion

Scholars

Inventors

Crime
  • Joseph D. "Joe" Ball (1896-1938), American murderer and suspected serial killer
  • Joseph Christopher (1955-1993), American serial killer
  • Joseph James DeAngelo (born 1945), suspected American serial killer and rapist
  • Joseph Duncan III (born 1963), American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper
  • Joseph Paul Franklin (1950-2013), American serial killer, arsonist, bank robber, and neo-nazi
  • Joseph Kallinger (1935-1996), American serial killer and rapist
  • Joseph Massino (born 1943), former boss of Bonanno crime family
  • Joseph Mengele (1911-1979), Nazi scientist
  • Joseph Scott Pemberton (, a US Marine lance corporal who was charged with homicide for the killing of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino trans woman
  • Joseph Rosenzweig, (1891–????), American New York City labor racketeer
  • Joseph Skowron (born c.1969), American portfolio manager convicted of insider trading

Fictional characters

Other

See also

References
  1. Frank Nuessel (1992). The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 10. Retrieved 11 September 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  2. Ilan, Tal (2002) Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism, 91), Coronet Books, pp. 56–57; Hachili, R. "Hebrew Names, Personal Names, Family Names and Nicknames of Jews in the Second Temple Period," in J. W. van Henten and A. Brenner, eds., Families and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (STAR 2; Leiden:Deo, 2000), pp. 113–115 (note: Hachili placed Joseph in the third place after Yohanan based on narrower basis on data than Ilan's, whereas Bauckham's calculation, based on Ilan's data, places Joseph at the second place); apud Bauckham, Richard (2017). Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (2nd ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 68–72. ISBN 9780802874313. Quote (p. 71): 15.6% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph; (p. 72): for the Gospels and Acts... 18.2% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph.
  3. Genesis 30:24
  4. "JACOB, also called Israel". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. Friedman, R.E., The Bible With Sources Revealed, (2003), p. 80
  6. "JOSEPH". jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015. "like all other Hebrew names beginning with the syllable "Jo," it has Yhwh as its first element"
  7. In Portuguese, Flavius Josephus, the author of the Jewish Antiquities is known as Flávio Josefo.

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