Joseph (name)

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gender = Male
meaning ="The Lord will increase/add"
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origin = Hebrew
related names = Joe, Joey, Jofish

Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, 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 as signifying "The Lord will increase/add". This variant of the name is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries. Some diminutives of Joseph include: Joe, Joey and Jo. In nowadays-Hebrew this name is very common, especially in the version "Yosi".

The name Joseph has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries.In the Old Testament, Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first.In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of the virgin Mary . In the New Testament as well there is another Joseph, Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried and is often identified in tradition as the Rich Young Ruler. Joses is another version of the name Joseph found in the Gospel according to Mark when referring to one of the "brothers" of Jesus (possibly deriving from a Greek version of the name).

Variations

Variations for males include [ [http://www.behindthename.com Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names ] ] :

*Albanian: Jozef, Jozefina, Josif, Zef
*Armenian: Hovsep
*Arabic: يوسف, "Yūsuf", "Youssef", "Yussef"
*Azeri: Yusif, Yusuf, Usub
*Basque: Joseba, Josepe
*Bulgarian: Yosif
*Catalan: Josep
*Croatian: Josip, Joso, Jozo, Joško
*Czech: Josef
*Esperanto: Jozefo
*Estonian: Joosep
*Finnish: Jooseppi
*French: Joseph
*Galician: Xosé
*German: Josef, Joseph
*Greek: Ἰωσήφ, "Iōséph"
*Hebrew: Yosef
*Hindi: Isuppu
*Hungarian: Jóska, József
*Italian: Giuseppe
*Irish: Seosamh
*Latvian: Jazeps
*Lithuanian: Juozapas, Juozas (shorter form)
*Malayalam: Ousep, Ouseph,
*Maori: Hohepa
*Persian: يوسف, "Yūsuf", "Youssef", "Yussef"
*Polish: Józef
*Portuguese: José, Zé (shorter form)
*Romanian: Iosif
*Russian: Iosif, Yosip
*Scots: Seòsaidh
*Serbian: Josif
*Slovakian: Jozef
*Slovene: Jožef, Jože
*Spanish: José
*Turkish: Yusuf
*Ukrainian: Yosyp
*Welsh: Joseff

Female forms

*Italian: Giuseppina
*Spanish: Josefina

People known as Joseph

Royalty

*Austria
**Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
**Joseph II of Austria

*Portugal
**Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal
**Joseph, Prince of Brazil

*Spain/France
**Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, King of Naples

aints

* Saint Joseph, husband of Mary the mother of Jesus (according to Christian doctrine)
* Joseph, Old Testament Biblical figure in the book of Genesis

Others

*Josef Broz Tito, Communist dictator of Yugoslavia
*Joseph R. Chenelly, war correspondent
*Chief Joseph, Nez Perce tribal leader
*Harry Connick, Jr., or Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr., American singer, actor and pianist
*Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer
*Joe Dolan, Irish Showband singer
*Josef Doležal (1920-1999), Czechoslovak race walker
*Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
*Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda minister of Nazi Germany
*Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer
*Joseph Heller, American author
*Joe Jonas, Member of the band Jonas Brothers
*Joseph Kabui, the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
*Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man"
*Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, first person to create a permanent photograph
*Józef Piłsudski, First Marshal of Poland
*Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and other Latter-Day Saint denominations
*Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953

References

See also

* Joseph (disambiguation)
* Joseph (surname) (disambiguation)