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

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

Forename Josef

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josef

First names said to be same

First name Josef in the context

Notable namesakes

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