Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
יוסי
יוסי (Yosi) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Joe.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Hebrew יוֹסִי (Yosí); its root is Hebrew י־ס־ף.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
יוסי’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, יוסי can be written in the Roman alphabet as YOSI. In Hebrew usage, יוסי has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor. In Hebrew usage, יוסי can be written in the Roman alphabet as Yosí.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named יוסי
- Yossi BenayounIsraeli association football player (born 1980)
- Yossi BeilinIsraeli politicianborn 1948
- Yossi SaridIsraeli politician (1940-2015)
- Yossi CohenIsraeli intelligence officer, director of Mossadborn 1961
- Yossi Ghinsbergadventurer, author and speakerborn 1959
- Yossi MelmanIsraeli writer and journalist (born 1950)
- Yossi BanaiIsraeli actor, singer and writer (1932–2006)
- Yossi HarelIsraeli intelligence officer (1918–2008)
- Yossi PeledIsraeli politicianborn 1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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