Forename Yosef

Worldwide, Yosef (يوسف , Yosef , יוסף , among others...) is a prevalent principally masculine, but scarcely female forename. The given name Yosef is characteristic of Israel, where it is a prevalent masculine name, Egypt, where it is a widespread mostly masculine, but uncommonly female name, and Syria, where it is a widespread primarily male, but very seldom feminine name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Much less frequently, Yosef is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yosef

name Йосеф, name Yazep, name Jozeb, name Yoçef, name Juozapas, name Yôséf, name Yõsêf, name Yôsëf, name Yǿsef, name Ioseb, name Josip, name Jožko, name Giuseppe, name Yosef, name Iossif, name Jazep, name Joep, name Yôsèf, name Husiy, name Iosip, name يوسف, name Seff, name Jozefo, name Jožef, name Osyp, name Jože, name Yoséf, name Youssef, name Yosèf, name Yósef, name Jose, name Yośef, name Iosif, name Juozas, name Jozef, name Osip, name Joseph, name Josif, name Joosef, name Yoseph, name Josef, name József, name ヨセフ, name Iosephus, name Jusuf, name Yosêf, name Joseba, name יוסף, name Yôsêf, name Józef, name Ossip, name Yôsef, name Josep, name יוסי, name Jooseppi, name José

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يوسف	Egypt, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Yosef	Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Israel, Indonesia
יוסף, יוסי	Israel
Йосеф	Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Lithuania
ヨセフ	Japan

First names said to be same

Giuseppe, Husiy, Ioseb, Iosephus, Iosif, Iosip, Iossif, Jazep, Joep, Joosef, Jooseppi, Jose, Joseba, Josef, Josep, Joseph, Josif, Josip, José, Jozeb, Jozef, Jozefo, Jože, Jožef, Jožko, Juozapas, Juozas, Jusuf, Józef, József, Osip, Ossip, Osyp, Seff, Yazep, Yoseph, Yosèf, Yoséf, Yosêf, Youssef, Yoçef, Yośef, Yósef, Yôsef, Yôsèf, Yôséf, Yôsêf, Yôsëf, Yõsêf, Yǿsef,

First name Yosef in the context

Yosef 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

	yosef ibn negrella Spanish rabbi (1035-1066), ES (b. 1035)
	yosef ben sadiqq (b. 1080)
	yosef ibn ʿaḳnin Jewish writer, ES (b. 1150)
	yosef ben shalom ashkenazi German-Catalan kabbalist (b. 1250)
	yosef de la reina Jewish mystical figure, LB (b. 1418)
	yosef karo author of the last great codification of the jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, ES (b. 1488)
	yosef ben shlomo taitatsk Greek rabbi, ES (b. 1465)
	yosef ibn yachya (b. 1494)
	yosef yaakov sabatka Rabbi (b. 1659)
	yosef yaakov (b. 1659)
	yosef maimon Moroccan rabbi, MA (b. 1741)
	yosef yosḳi shapira (b. 1777)
	yosef zundel ben ḥayim huṭner (b. 1846)
	yosef tzvi dushinsky Israeli rabbi, HU (b. 1867)
	yosef eliyahu henkin American rabbi, US (b. 1881)