Given name · rsk
Осиф
“to add”
Осиф (Osif) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Osif.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Осиф goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Осиф comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
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)
Осиф’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Осиф shares an earlier linguistic root with Йозеф. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Осиф can be written in the Roman alphabet as OSIF. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Осиф shares an earlier linguistic root with Йосип.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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