Forename Josif

Throughout the world, Josif (Иосиф , Йосиф , Josif , among others...) is a common masculine first name. The first name Josif is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Josif is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Josif is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Josif

name Józef, name Zé, name Иосиф, name Iósif, name Iosip, name Josíf, name José, name Jože, name Yazep, name Jossif, name Giuseppe, name Iosephus, name Joe, name Seff, name Joseba, name Josif, name Husiy, name Джозеф, Жозеф, Йозеф, name Jozefo, name Joža, name Juozapas, name Josep, name Jazep, name Yoseph, name Ιωσήφ, name Yosef, name Joosef, name Jusuf, name Джо, name Jose, name Ossip, name Juozas, name ヨシフ, name Ioseb, name Osip, name Josip, name Jožko, name Йосиф, name Джозеф, Йозеф, name Josyp, name Josef, name Joseph, name Osyp, name Jozeb, name Yosyp, name იოსებ, name Jooseppi, name Joep, name Восіп, name József, name Джозеф, name Jožef, name Iosif, name Jozef, name Iossif

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Иосиф	Bulgaria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus
Йосиф	Israel, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine
Josif	Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania
ヨシフ	Japan
იოსებ	Georgia

First names said to be same

Giuseppe, Husiy, Ioseb, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Iósif, Jazep, Joe, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josef, Josep, Joseph, Josip, Jossif, Josyp, José, Josíf, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Joža, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Seff, Yazep, Yosef, Yoseph, Yosyp, Zé, Ιωσήφ, Восіп, Джо, Джозеф, Джозеф, Жозеф, Йозеф, Джозеф, Йозеф,

First name Josif in the context

Josif 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

	josif nikolajevič galatte IT (b. 1760)
	josif karlovič sokolovski (b. 1763)
	josif rajačić Patriarch of Serbia, HR (b. 1785)
	josif milovuk HU (b. 1787)
	josif putnik Serbian Orthodox bishop (b. 1777)
	josif ampatis (b. 1780)
	josif josifovich de vivien de chateaubrun (b. 1793)
	josif šlezinger (b. 1794)
	josif ivanovič chod'sko (b. 1800)
	josif bageri Albania educator, poet, and activist (1870-1916), AL (b. 1870)
	josif dajnelov (b. 1839)
	josif papamihali Albanian catholic priest, AL (b. 1912)
	josif falta BA (b. 1862)
	josif pietrash Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations, UA (b. 1885)
	josif kedhi AL (b. 1879)