Josafat

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Josafat is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Josáfat

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Josafat is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Jehoshaphat

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Dios es mi juez

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Josaphat Kuntsevychb. 1580UAnot in their usual nameRuthenian Catholic archbishop, martyr and saint
• Wladyslaw Jehoshaphat Sapiehab. 1652BYnot in their usual nameGovernor of Minsk (1652-1733)
• Josafat Hutorovyčb. 1659ITRoman Catholic bishop
• Josafat Roel Pinedab. 1921PEPeruvian anthropologist (1921-1987)
• Yosafat Moshchychb. 1976UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian Greek-Catholic bishop
• Josafat Vagnib. 1986ITItalian actor
• Joe Mendesb. 2002SEnot in their usual nameSwedish footballer
• Jehoshaphatnot in their usual nameHigh Priest of Israel
• Jehoshaphat ben SaulIQnot in their usual nameKaraite rabbi

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Josafat mean, and where does it come from?

Hebrew Yeho-sha-fat; "Yahvé is judge" / "judged by Yahvé" Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.

How do you pronounce Josafat?

A machine transcription gives /xosafat/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Josafat a male or female name?

Josafat is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Josafat have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 785 people named Josafat, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled josafat.

Where is Josafat most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Josafat is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 34 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Josafat?

In the United States, the national register counted 785 people named Josafat in 2020, about 1 in 424 thousand residents.

How common is Josafat compared with other names?

In Costa Rica, Josafat is the 861st most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.