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

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

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