Joseph

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Joseph
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Joseph, a figure in the Book of Genesis.
Pronunciation/ˈdʒoʊzɪf, -sɪf/
GenderMale
Name day19 March
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningGod will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Related namesJoe, Joey, Joel, Jojo, Jos, Joss, Josh, John, Jose, Josephus, José, Josué, Joseba, Jože, Dodô, Doido, Joep, Jupp, Posie, Bapi, Jô, Giuseppe, Yoseph, Ouseph, Peppa, Hovsep, Yūsif, Seph, Sepp, Jo, Josie, Josephine, Josephina, Juuso

Joseph is a common masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef[1] (יוֹסֵף). The form "Joseph"[2] 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 Yūsuf. In Persian, the name is "Yousef".

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.[3] 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.[4]

In the Book of Genesis[5] Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and known in the Hebrew Bible as Yossef ben-Yaakov.[6] 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."[7] The Jewish Encyclopedia says that it is a theophoric name referencing YHWH.[8] The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word asaf.[citation needed]

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 (Yūsif, Youssef, Yussef, Yousif, Yousef, Youssof, Yūsuf)
  • Azerbaijani: Yusif, Yusuf, Usub
  • Belarusian: Іосіф (Iosif), Язэп (Jazep)
  • Bengali: ইউসুফ (Iusuf or Yusuf) (Islamic), জোসেফ (Josef) (Christian)
  • Bosnian: Josip, Jusuf
  • Basque: Joseba, Josepe
  • Brazilian Portuguese: José, Josê, Zé, Zezé, Zê, Zezê
  • 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: Josef, 'Sef, 'Sefin, 'Sefut, Bepi, Bepo, Beput
  • 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 (Iosif), 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, Jusuf, Joesoef, 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�� (Yùsùfǔ), Zho-Zi-Fu
  • Marathi: योसेफ (Jōsēfa)
  • Māori: Hohepa
  • Mongolian: Иосеф (Iosyef)
  • Nepali: यूसुफ (Yūsupha)
  • Norwegian: Josef
  • Occitan: Josèp
  • Persian: يوسف (Youssef, Yūsuf, Yussef)
  • Polish: Józef, Józek (diminutive), Józio (diminutive)
  • Portuguese: José, Josefo,[9] 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: ජුසේ (Juse), 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: சூசை (sūsai), யோசேப்பு (yōcēppu)
  • 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)
  • Albanian: Jozefina, Zefina
  • Catalan : Josepa, Pepa, Peppa (shortened)
  • Croatian: Josipa, Josica, Jozica
  • Czech: Josefina, Josefa, Jozeva
  • English: Jo, Josephine, Joette, Posy, Posie
  • French: Joséphine
  • Friulian: Josefe, 'Sefe, Pine
  • Greek: Ιωσηφίνα (Iosiphina)
  • Hungarian: Jozefa, Jozefina, Józsa
  • Irish: Seosaimhín
  • Italian: Giuseppa, Giuseppina
  • Maltese: Ġuża, Ġużeppa
  • Norwegian: Josefine, Josephine
  • Polish: Józefina
  • Portuguese: Josefa, Josefina, José (mainly in the compound Maria José), Zezé (nickname)
  • Romansh: Giuseppa, Giuseppina
  • Samoan: Iosefina
  • Sardinian: Josepa, Zosepa, Zosepedda
  • Slovak: Jozefína, Jozefa
  • Spanish: Josefa, Josefina, Josefita
  • Swedish: Josefin, Josefine, Josephine
  • Yiddish: Jayzl, Yissl

People[]

Biblical figures[]

  • Joseph (patriarch), son of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis
  • Saint Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus
  • Joseph of Arimathea, secret disciple of Jesus
  • Joseph Barsabbas, one of two candidates to replace Judas Iscariot's position among the Twelve Apostles
  • Joseph ben Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest related to the crucifixion of Jesus. Only written as 'Caiaphas' in the New Testament.

Royalty[]

  • Austria
    • Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
    • Joseph II of Austria
    • Franz Joseph I of Austria
  • Portugal
    • Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal
    • Joseph, Prince of Brazil
    • Joseph, General Inquisitor (1720–1801) – a natural son of King John V of Portugal, one of the Children of Palhavã.
  • Spain/Italy/France
    • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, King of Naples
  • Other

Politics[]

  • Chief Joseph (1840–1904), Nez Perce tribal leader
  • John Joseph Abercrombie (1798–1877), career United States Army officer and brigadier general
  • Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915–1992), 2nd president of Ghana from 1966–1969
  • Jusuf Anwar (1941–2015), Indonesian politician and diplomat
  • Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden (born 1942), 46th and current president of the United States (2021–present); 47th vice president of the United States (2009–2017); U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009)
  • Joseph "Beau" Robinette Biden (1969–2015), American lawyer, soldier and politician, son of Joe Biden
  • Joseph Carraro (born 1944), State Senator from New Mexico
  • Joseph Caillaux, French politician and Minister of France
  • Joseph Cook (1860–1947), 6th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Joseph Estrada (born 1937), 13th president of the Philippines
  • Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945), German politician and propaganda minister of Nazi Germany
  • Joseph Kabui (1954–2008), first president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
  • Jusuf Kalla (born 1942), 10th vice president of Indonesia, 2004–09
  • Joseph P. Kennedy (1888–1969), American businessman, financier and politician
  • Joseph P. Kennedy II (born 1952), oldest son of Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former Congressman from Massachusetts, 1987–1999
  • Joe Kennedy (born 1980), son of Joseph P. Kennedy II and Congressman from Massachusetts, 2013–present
  • Joe Kennedy (Georgia politician) (1930–1997), American politician from Georgia
  • Joe Lieberman (born 1942), US Senator from Connecticut
  • Joseph Lyons (1879–1939), 10th Prime Minister of Australia
  • Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957), US Senator from Wisconsin
  • Joseph Henry Mensah (1928–2018), Ghanaian economist and politician
  • Joseph Bennet Odunton (1920–2004), Ghanaian civil servant
  • Joseph Michael Perera (born 1941), Sri Lankan politician
  • Gamamedaliyanage Joseph Lalith Neomal Perera (born 1965), Sri Lankan politician
  • Sir Joseph Planta (1787–1847), English politician
  • Joseph "Beppo" Schmid, Air force general in Nazi Germany
  • Joseph Hill Sinex (1819-1892), Pennsylvania State Representative
  • Joseph Howland (1834–1886), American general, politician, and philanthropist
  • Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922–1953
  • Joseph Vidal (1933–2020), French politician
  • Joseph Wapasha (c. 1816–1876), Mdewakanton Sioux chief

Arts and entertainment[]

  • Joseph Albrier, French painter
  • Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist
  • Joseph Bertolozzi (born 1959), American composer
  • Joseph Beuys, German artist
  • Joseph Bitangcol, Filipino actor
  • Joseph Brodsky, Russian and American poet and essayist
  • Harry Connick, Jr. (Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.), American singer, actor and pianist
  • Joseph Connors, American art historian
  • Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer
  • Joseph Cotten, American actor
  • Joseph Dempsie, British actor
  • Joseph Dennie, American writer
  • Joe Dolan, Irish showband singer
  • Joseph Garrett (born 1990), known online as stampylonghead, British YouTube personality
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
  • Joe Hawley, American singer, songwriter, and musician
  • Joseph Hahn, American musician
  • Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer
  • Joseph Heller, American author
  • Michael Joseph Jackson (1958–2009), American singer
  • Joe Jonas, lead vocals, the Jonas Brothers
  • Josef Jungmann, Czech poet and linguist
  • Joseph Kaiser, Canadian opera singer
  • Joseph Koo, Hong Kong composer and arranger
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
  • Joseph Mazzello, American actor
  • Joe McElderry, British singer and winner of The X Factor
  • Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man"
  • Joseph Peter Moraes Fernando, also known as Premnath Moraes (1923–1998), Sri Lankan Tamil actor, film director and screenwriter
  • Joseph Nevels, also known as JSPH, singer/songwriter
  • Joe Pasquale, winner of the 4th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
  • Joe Pesci, American actor
  • Joe Ruby (born 1933), American cartoonist and producer
  • Joe Strummer, English musician
  • Joseph Pickett, American painter
  • Joe Perry, Aerosmith lead guitarist
  • Joe Satriani, instrumental rock guitarist
  • Joseph Simmons, aka DJ Run, of rap group Run-DMC
  • Joe Sugg, British YouTuber
  • Joseph Vijay, Tamil actor
  • Joss Whedon, American screenwriter, director and producer
  • Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), Canadian actor

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), American serial killer and rapist
  • Joseph Edward Duncan (1963–2021), 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 convicted of the homicide of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino trans woman
  • Joseph Rosenzweig, (born c.1891), American New York City labor racketeer
  • Joseph Skowron (born c.1969), American portfolio manager convicted of insider trading

Other[]

  • Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • Joseph Fitzgerald (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Hedley, English quilter and murder victim
  • Joseph B. MacInnis (born 1937), Canadian physician, underwater diver and author
  • Joseph Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Safra (1938–2020), Brazilian banker
  • Joseph Wilf (1925–2016), Polish-born American businessman

Fictional characters[]

See also[]

  • Hohepa (disambiguation)
  • Joe (disambiguation)
  • Josef (disambiguation)
  • Jozef
  • József
  • Saint Joseph (disambiguation)
  • Yosef (disambiguation), a variation of the name in Hebrew, and the Dutch eye dialect of the name
  • Yusuf (disambiguation), as rendered in Islam/Arabic

References[]

  1. ^ "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"
  2. ^ "JOSEPH". jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ^ Frank Nuessel (1992). The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 10.[ISBN missing]
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Genesis 30:24
  6. ^ "JACOB, also called Israel". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ^ Friedman, R. E., The Bible with Sources Revealed (2003), p. 80
  8. ^ "JOSEPH". The Jewish Encyclopedia. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015. "like all other Hebrew names beginning with the syllable 'Jo,' it has Yhwh as its first element".
  9. ^ In Portuguese, Flavius Josephus, the author of the Jewish Antiquities is known as Flávio Josefo.
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