Joseph
For other uses, see Joseph (disambiguation).
| Joseph | |
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Joseph, son of Jacob | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒoʊzɨf/ or /ˈdʒoʊsɨf/ |
| Gender | Male |
| Name day | March 19 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Region of origin | Israel |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Joe, Joey, Jojo, John, Josiah, Josias, Josh, Joshua, Jeshua, Jesse, Jess, Joss, Joy, Joyce, Julius, Jules, Jose, Josephus, José, Joseba, Giuseppe, Yoseph, Yusuf, Seph, Seth, Steph, Joan, Joanne, Joanna, Jones, Jonas, Jolyon, Joel, Yoel, Jo, Josie, Josephine, Josephina |
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"Joseph" is a masculine given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yossef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif as signifying "The LORD will increase/add".
In the Old Testament, Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first (Yossef ben-Yaakov in the Jewish Bible).[1] In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the New Testament there is another Joseph as well, Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.
The form "Joseph"[2] is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries. 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.
Common nicknames
Diminutives of Joseph include Joe and Joey. Others include Joss and Jody.
The feminine form of the name, Josephine, is commonly abbreviated to Jo.
Variations
Variations for males include:[4]
- Afrikaans: Josef
- Albanian: Zef, Josif, Isuf
- Alsatian: Sepp
- Armenian: Հովսեփ Hovsep
- Arabic: يوسف (Yūsuf, Youssef, Yussef, Yousuf)
- Azerbaijani: Yusif, Yusuf, Usub
- Belarusian: Іосіф, Iosif, Язэп, Yazep
- Bosnian: Josip, Jusuf
- Basque: Joseba, Josepe
- Bulgarian: Йосиф, Yosif
- Catalan: Josep, Pep (shortened form), Jep (an alternative shortened form)
- Chinese (Simplified): 约瑟夫, "Yuēsèfū"
- Chinese (Traditional): 約瑟夫, "Yuēsèfū"
- Corsican: Ghjaseppu
- Croatian: Josip, Joso, Jozo, Joško, Joža
- Czech: Josef, Jožka, Pepa, Pepík, Pepik, Pepan, Pepča, Pepek, Pepino, Jožin
- Danish: Joseph, Josef
- Dutch: Jozef, Joost, Jos, Jo, Jef, Seppe
- English: Joseph, Joe, Joey
- Esperanto: Jozefo
- Estonian: Joosep, Joosu
- Ethiopian: Yosef
- Faroese: Jósef
- Finnish: Jooseppi, Juuso
- French: Joseph
- Friulian: Bepi, Bepo, 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: Ἰωσήφ (Iōséph), Ἰώσηπος (Iosepos), (Iosipos)
- Hebrew: יוסף (Yosef)
- Hindi: योसेफ (Yōsēph)
- Hungarian: Jóska, József
- Icelandic: Jósef (pronounced "YO-sef"), Jósep (pronounced "YO-sep")
- Indonesian: Yoseph,Yosep,Yusuf, Yusup, Ucup,Josef,Joseph
- Interlingua: Joseph
- Italian: Giuseppe, Giù, Beppe, Peppe, Peppino, Pino, Bepi, Beppo, Pippo, Puccio
- Irish: Seosamh, Iósaf
- Japanese: ヨセフ Yosefu
- Kazakh: Yusuf, Jusip
- Korean: 요셉 Yosep
- Latin: Ioséphus
- Latvian: Jāzeps
- Limburgish: Joep, Sef
- Lithuanian: Juozapas, Juozas (shorter form), Juzas (shortest form)
- Lombard: Giüsèpp, Pèpp, Bèpp
- Malayalam: ജോസപ്പ് Josapp or ജോസപ്പൻ Josappan, ഔസേപ്പ് Ousepp, യോസേപ്പ് Yosef, ഔസേപച്ചന് Ouseppachen, കൊച്ചാപ്പു Kochaappu, ഈപ്പൻ "Eappan", ഈപ്പച്ചൻ "Eappachan"
- Malay: Yusuf, Yusop, Yusoff, Jusoh, Usop
- Manado Malay: Josef, Yosef, Oce'
- Maltese: Ġużeppi, Ġużi, Ġuż, Ġużè, Peppi, Peppu, Peppinu, Pepp, Żeppi, Żeppu, Żepp
- Mandarin Chinese: 约瑟(s) 約瑟(t) Yuēsè, 约瑟夫(s) 約瑟夫(t) Yuēsèfū, 玉素甫 Yùsùfǔ, Zho-Zi-Fu
- Maori: Hohepa
- Norwegian: Josef
- Occitan: Josèp
- Persian: يوسف, Yūsuf, Youssef, Yussef
- Polish: Józef (Yu-zef), Diminutive: Józek, Józio
- Portuguese: José, Josefo,[5] Zé, Zezé (the last two are nicknames)
- Quechua: Husiy
- Romanian: Iosif
- Russian: Иосиф (Iosif), Осип (Osip)
- Samoan: Iosefa
- Sardinian: Jisepu
- Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh
- Serbian: Јосиф (Josif)
- Sepedi: Josefa
- Sicilian: Giuseppi
- Sinhala: Jose, Juse
- Slovak: Jozef, Jožo, Dodo, Ďoďo
- Slovene: Jožef, Jože
- Spanish: José, Pepe, Chepe, Che
- Sundanese: Yusup, Usup, Ucup
- Swedish: Josef
- Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (Yausef, Yausep)
- Turkish: Yusuf, Yasef
- Tagalog: Jose, Pepe, Peping,
- Tamil: Yoseppu
- Telugu: Yosepu
- Ukrainian: Йосип (Yosyp)
- Valencian: Josep
- Venetian: Juxepe (pronounced as "Giusepe" or "Iusepe"), Bepi, Bepin
- Vietnamese: Giu-se.
- Welsh: Joseff
- Yiddish: Yissl, Yussel, Jayzl
- Yorùbá: Josefu, Yesufu, Yusuf
- Zimbabwean (Shona): Joze, Joza
Female forms
- Albanian: Jozefina, Zefina
- English: Jo, Josephine, Joette
- French: Joséphine
- Irish: Seosaimhín
- Italian: Giuseppina
- Catalan : Josepa, Pepa (shortened)
- Polish : Józefina (Yo-zef-yna)
- Portuguese: Josefa, Josefina, José (mainly in the compound Maria José), Zezé (nickname)
- Spanish: Josefa, Josefina
- Greek: Ιωσηφίνα (Iosiphina)
- Croatian: Josipa
- Maltese: Ġuża, Ġużeppa
- Swedish: Josefin, Josefine
- Yiddish: Jayzl, Yissl
People known as Joseph
Biblical figures
- Joseph (patriarch), son of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis
- Saint Joseph, husband of Mary the mother of Jesus (according to Christian doctrine)
- Joseph of Arimathea, secretive disciple of Jesus
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
- Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
- Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, King of Bavaria
- Joseph (Khazar), king of the Khazars during the 950s and 960s
Other
- Joseph (Petrovykh) (1872–1937), metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Joseph Albrier, French painter
- Joe Alexander (American football), American 2x All-Pro NFL football player
- Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America
- Joseph Carraro, Independent State Senator from New Mexico
- Chief Joseph, Nez Perce tribal leader
- Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), American heavyweight Hall of Fame boxer
- Harry Connick, Jr. (Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.), American singer, actor and pianist
- Joseph Connors, American art historian
- Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer
- Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia
- Joseph Daye, AFL footballer for the Gold Coast Suns.
- Joseph Dempsie, British actor
- Joseph Dennie, American writer
- Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees hall of famer
- Joe Dolan, Irish Showband singer
- Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Joseph Fitzgerald (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Glidden, created barbed wire
- Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda minister of Nazi Germany
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
- Joseph Hagerty, American gymnast
- Joe Hart, English football player
- Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer
- Joseph Heller, American author
- Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist
- Joe Horlen, American major league baseball All Star pitcher
- Joe Jacobi, American Olympic champion canoer, Canadian slalom pairs
- Joe Jacobson, Wales soccer player (Oldham Athletic & U21 national team)
- Joe Jonas, lead vocals from the Jonas Brothers
- Joseph Kabui, first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
- Joseph Kaiser, Canadian opera singer
- Jusuf Kalla, 10th Vice President of Indonesia from 2004 to 2009
- Joe Kaminer, South African rugby union national team
- Joseph Koo, Hong Kong composer and arranger
- Joe Lieberman, US Senator from Connecticut
- Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia
- Joseph B. MacInnis (born 1937), Canadian physician, underwater diver and author
- Joe Magidsohn, Russian, American football player
- Joseph Marwa, Tanzanian boxer
- Joe Mauer, American Baseball Player and AL MVP
- Joseph McCarthy, US Senator from Wisconsin
- Joe McElderry, British singer and winner of The X Factor (UK Series 6)
- Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man"
- Joseph Mengele, Nazi scientist
- Joe Montana, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, first person to create a permanent photograph
- Joseph Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joe O'Malley, American football player
- Joseph Oosting, Dutch football (soccer) player
- Joseph Paulo, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Joe Pasquale, winner of the 4th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
- Joe Paterno, Penn State football coach with the most all time Division I wins
- Joe Pavelski (born 1984), American professional ice hockey player
- Joe Perry, Aerosmith lead guitarist
- Joe Picker (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
- Joseph Pickett, American painter
- Joseph Planta (librarian) (1744–1828), Swiss Principal Librarian of the British Museum, and his son Sir Joseph Planta (1787–1847), English politician
- Joe the Plumber, figure mentioned at least 20 times during the 2008 US presidential debates
- Joseph Ratzinger, given name of Pope Benedict XVI
- Joe Righetti (born 1947), American football player
- Joe Root, a 19th-century American naturalist from Erie, Pennsylvania
- Joe Satriani, instrumental rock guitarist
- Joe Schilling, American kickboxer
- Joseph Simmons, a.k.a. DJ Run, of rap group Run-DMC
- Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Joseph Smith, III, son of Joseph Smith and an American Mormon.
- Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953
- Joe Toye, American World War II veteran
- Joseph Ualesi, Australian Rugby League player
- Joseph Valtellini (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
- Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic priest, "Apostle of Sri Lanka"
- Joe Vetrano (1918–1995), American football player
- Joseph Vijay, Tamil actor
- Joe Vodicka, American football player
- Joseph Wapasha, Mdewakanton Sioux chief
- Joss Whedon, American screenwriter, director and executive producer
- Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), Canadian actor
See also
- Saint Joseph (disambiguation)
- Josef
- Jozef
- József
- Yosef (disambiguation), a variation of the name in Hebrew, and the Dutch eye dialect of the name
- Yusuf (disambiguation), as rendered in Islam/Arabic
- Joe (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ "JACOB, also called Israel". http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/''. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "JOSEPH". jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Behind the Name – the Etymology and History of First Names
- ↑ In Portuguese, Flavius Josephus, the author of the Jewish Antiquities is known as Flávio Josefo.