Given name · Macedonian · Serbo-Croatian
Јосиф
“(God) shall add”
Јосиф (Jòsif) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian.
Macedonian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Joseph.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Јосиф goes back to Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yōsēṗ), meaning “(God) shall add.”
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Where it comes from
Јосиф comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Јосиф developed from Ἰωσήφ.
Јосиф’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Јосиф developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωσήφ. In Macedonian usage, Јосиф has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph. In Serbian usage, Јосиф has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Јосиф has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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