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Йосиф
“to add”
Йосиф (Josif) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Josif.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Йосиф goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Йосиф comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Serbo-Croatian Јосиф//Josif, from Old Church Slavonic Іѡсифъ, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsēp̄), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), from Biblical Hebrew י־ס־ף.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Йосиф’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Йосиф shares an earlier linguistic root with Йозеф. In Ukrainian usage, Йосиф has a conventional equivalent in the French form Joseph. In Bulgarian usage, Йосиф has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Йосиф has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JosephFrench
- Yosefequivalent
- JosefGerman
- Iosifequivalent
- Іосіфequivalent
- ИосифRussian
- Осифdoublet · rsk
- Йозефdoublet · rsk
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People named Йосиф
- Josyf SlipyjMajor Archbishop of Lviv1892–1984
- Joseph SembratovychMetropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1870 until his resignation in 18821821–1900
- Josif MiladinovBulgarian swimmerborn 2003
- Yosyf ZiselsUkrainian dissidentborn 1946
- Yosyf MilyanBishop of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchborn 1956
- Yosyf ShumlyanskyUkrainian bishop1643–1708
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