Forename יוסף

Around the globe, יוסף (Joseph , Youssef , Josef , among others...) is a prevalent primarily boy's, but very seldom female first name. The first name יוסף is habitual in Israel, where it is a prevalent male name, Morocco, and Lebanon, where it is a widespread male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Nigeria, and Egypt. Much less frequently, יוסף is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish יוסף is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name יוסף

name Yosp, name Youssef, name Yosef, name Jože, name Osip, name Jožko, name Juozapas, name Jusuf, name Isuf, name Джозеф, name Yossi, name Jožef, name Yusif, name Iosephus, name Jooseppi, name Jozeb, name Ioseb, name Joosef, name Josip, name Yossele, name Giuseppe, name Zé, name Husiy, name Yvsp, name Ιωσήφ, name Yusef, name Seff, name Juozas, name Joseba, name Yussef, name Jose, name Yousef, name Yussuf, name Джозеф, Жозеф, name Joep, name Osyp, name Jozefo, name József, name Joseph, name Yusuf, name Yossef, name Jozif, name Youcef, name Youssouf, name Iosip, name Józef, name יוסף, name José, name Yusp, name Josef, name Yoseph, name Yousuff, name Iosef, name Josif, name Iosif, name Youssof, name Josep, name Iossif, name Ossip, name Yazep, name Jazep, name Восіп, name Jozef

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Josef, Yosef, José, Yusif, Youssef, Joseph, Yousef, Yusef	Germany, France, Egypt, United States, Nigeria
Yossef	Germany, Morocco, France, Egypt, United States
Yoseph	Germany, Morocco, Egypt, United States, Nigeria
Iosif	Germany, South Africa, Philippines, France, United States
יוסף	Israel
Yossi	Morocco, France, United States, India, Nigeria

First names said to be same

Giuseppe, Husiy, Ioseb, Iosef, Iosephus, Iosip, Iossif, Isuf, Jazep, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josep, Josif, Josip, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Jozif, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Seff, Yazep, Yosp, Yossele, Youcef, Youssof, Youssouf, Yousuff, Yusp, Yussef, Yussuf, Yusuf, Yvsp, Zé, Ιωσήφ, Восіп, Джозеф, Джозеф, Жозеф,

First name יוסף in the context

יוסף is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Joseph , the Christian saint; husband of Mary and father of Jesus, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple; Joseph , the Biblical figure, son of Jacob and Rachel, The Qur’an; Joseph of Arimathea , the disciple of Jesus, donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; Captain Marvel , the fictional DC character, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Lex Luthor , the supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, Justice League, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	יוסף הקומס IL (b. 285)
	יוסף בן טוביה member of Tobias family, IL (b. 300)
	יוסף בן תנחום הירושלמי IL (b. 1262)
	יוסף אלבו Jewish rabbi, ES (b. 1380)
	יוסף מטראני Ottoman rabbi, IL (b. 1568)
	יוסף בן אליעזר ריקטי Ottoman rabbi, IL (b. 1600)
	יוסף אלמושנינו rabbi, IL (b. 1643)
	יוסף אל-ח'אלידי Ottoman politician, IL (b. 1829)
	יוסף רפאל בן נון IL (b. 1821)
	יוסף ריבלין an Orthodox Jewish scholar, writer, and community leader in the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem (1836-1896), IL (b. 1836)
	יוסף חיים זאנענפעלד Austro-Hungarian rabbi, who became Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, SK (b. 1848)
	יוסף שבתי פרחי talmudic scholar and kabbalist, IL (b. 1802)
	יוסף נבון Jerusalem businessman, IL (b. 1858)
	יוסף אליהו שלוש one of the founders of Tel Aviv, an entrepreneur, businessman and industrialist, and autobiography author, IL (b. 1870)
	יוסף באָוושאָווער Russian-American Yiddish writer, US (b. 1873)

Characteristic surnames

חן, דיין, עזרא, וקנין, חיים, אוחנה, אשכנזי, מזרחי, מחאמיד, שרעבי, סואעד, אליהו, אברהם, אמסלם, אטיאס, אזולאי, מימון, ביטון, סויסה, עובדיה, אוחיון, ג'בארין, קדוש, פרידמן, יצחק, גולן, כץ, משה, ממן, בכר, שמש, פרץ, לוי, דוד, דהן, עמר, חזן, חדד, כהן, נחום, אלבז, אדרי, מלכה, מחאג'נה, ברוך, בן דוד, שלום, גבאי, and אגבאריה