Forename Josef

Throughout the world, Josef (Josef , יוסף , جوزيف , among others...) is a widespread masculine first name. The first name Josef is habitual in Czechia, where it is a widespread boy's name, Germany, and Austria, where it is a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Very seldom, Josef is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josef

name Jože, name Josêf, name Josseph, name Jòseph, name Jožko, name Josęph, name Josèf, name Josəph, name Jóseph, name 約瑟夫, name Joža, name Juozapas, name Jusuf, name יוזף, name Jupp, name Jožef, name Jóséf, name Iosephus, name Jooseppi, name Joséf, name Josip, name Joosef, name Jozeb, name יוסף, name Giuseppe, name Husiy, name Juozas, name Joseba, name Jose, name Jòśèph, name Josèph, name Joep, name Jozefo, name جوزيف, name Joseph, name Josêph, name Jòsèph, name Juuso, name Йозеф, name Josëph, name Josephus, name Iosip, name Jòséph, name Jósef, name Jósèph, name José, name Jośeph, name Josef, name Josėph, name Iosif, name Josif, name Joséph, name Josep, name Iossif, name جوسيف, name Jazep, name Josyp, name Jozef

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Josef	Austria, Germany, Italy, Czechia, India
יוסף, יוזף	Israel
جوزيف	Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon
Juuso	Germany, Finland, Sweden, United States, Namibia
約瑟夫	China
Йозеф	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia
جوسيف	Morocco, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt

First names said to be same

Giuseppe, Husiy, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Jazep, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josep, Joseph, Josephus, Josif, Josip, Josseph, Josyp, Josèf, Josèph, José, Joséf, Joséph, Josêf, Josêph, Josëph, Josėph, Josęph, Josəph, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Jośeph, Joža, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jupp, Jusuf, Jòseph, Jòsèph, Jòséph, Jòśèph, Jósef, Jóseph, Jósèph, Jóséf,

First name Josef in the context

Josef 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

	josef bringas Byzantine admiral, TR (b. 950)
	josef orabuena ES (b. 1400)
	josef štěpánek netolický Czech fishpond builder (b. 1460)
	josef horlenius DE (b. 1460)
	josef grünpeck German physician, astrologer and historian, DE (b. 1473)
	josef goldschmidt (b. 1500)
	josef di michele coen IT (b. 1502)
	josef ibn tabul (b. 1545)
	josef sonnleithner (b. 1600)
	josef dietrich sculptor, CZ (b. 1677)
	josef johann adam von und zu liechtenstein Prince of Liechtenstein, AT (b. 1690)
	josef lautenschlager DE (b. 1632)
	josef matthias götz German sculptor, DE (b. 1696)
	josef wilhelm wagner (1647-1710), CH (b. 1647)
	josef franz ehrler (1648-1723), CH (b. 1648)

Characteristic surnames

Ka, Becker, Kaiser, Gruber, Novák, Wagner, Wimmer, Müller, Stadler, Schmidt, Berger, Schmitt, Schwarz, Baumann, Brunner, Hofmann, Fischer, Winkler, Schuster, Schäfer, Hoffmann, Schmitz, Schneider, Schmid, Weiß, Ek, Mayr, Koch, Graf, Lang, Haas, Wolf, Mayer, Maier, Weber, Moser, Meyer, Munda, Seidl, Bauer, Braun, Kraus, Klein, Huber, Fuchs, Meier, and Zimmermann