Forename Josif

Throughout the world, Josif (Иосиф , Йосиф , Josif , among others...) is a common masculine first name. The first name Josif is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Josif is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josif

name Jože, name Osip, name Jožko, name Joža, name Juozapas, name Jusuf, name Йосиф, name Джозеф, name Joe, name Jožef, name Джозеф, Йозеф, name Iosephus, name Jooseppi, name Jozeb, name Ioseb, name Joosef, name Josip, name Zé, name Giuseppe, name Ιωσήφ, name Husiy, name Seff, name Juozas, name Joseba, name Jose, name ヨシフ, name Joep, name Jossif, name Jozefo, name Osyp, name József, name Иосиф, name Joseph, name Yosyp, name Джо, name იოსებ, name Josíf, name Восіп, name Iosip, name Józef, name Iósif, name José, name Josef, name Yoseph, name Джозеф, Жозеф, Йозеф, name Iosif, name Josif, name Josep, name Iossif, name Ossip, name Yazep, name Jazep, name Yosef, name Josyp, name Jozef

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Иосиф	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia
Йосиф	Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Israel, Kyrgyzstan
Josif	Romania, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia
ヨシフ	Japan
იოსებ	Georgia

First names said to be same

Giuseppe, Husiy, Ioseb, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Iósif, Jazep, Joe, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josef, Josep, Joseph, Josip, Jossif, Josyp, José, Josíf, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Joža, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Seff, Yazep, Yosef, Yoseph, Yosyp, Zé, Ιωσήφ, Восіп, Джо, Джозеф, Джозеф, Жозеф, Йозеф, Джозеф, Йозеф,

First name Josif in the context

Josif 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

	josif nikolajevič galatte IT (b. 1760)
	josif karlovič sokolovski (b. 1763)
	josif rajačić Patriarch of Serbia, HR (b. 1785)
	josif milovuk HU (b. 1787)
	josif putnik Serbian Orthodox bishop (b. 1777)
	josif ampatis (b. 1780)
	josif josifovich de vivien de chateaubrun (b. 1793)
	josif šlezinger (b. 1794)
	josif ivanovič chod'sko (b. 1800)
	josif bageri Albania educator, poet, and activist (1870-1916), AL (b. 1870)
	josif dajnelov (b. 1839)
	josif papamihali Albanian catholic priest, AL (b. 1912)
	josif falta BA (b. 1862)
	josif pietrash Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations, UA (b. 1885)
	josif kedhi AL (b. 1879)