Given name · Ancient Greek · gr
Ἰωσήφ
“to add”
Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Joseph.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἰωσήφ goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
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)
Ἰωσήφ’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰωσήφ shares an earlier linguistic root with Ἰώσηπος. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰωσήφ has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰωσήφ has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἰωσήφ has relatives in 22 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
25 related names in 22 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JosephEnglish
- Josederivative · ceb
- Giuseppederivative · Italian
- Josefderivative · German, Albanian
- Jozefderivative · Dutch, Albanian
- Iosifderivative · Romanian
- Josifderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Josipderivative · Serbo-Croatian
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- Йозефderivative · rsk
- ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲡborrowing · Coptic
- Eòsaphderivative · Scottish Gaelic
- Јосифderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Giöxèppederivative · Ligurian
- Iosephusborrowing · Latin
- Јосипderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Յովսէփborrowing · Classical Armenian
- Joséderivative · Portuguese, Spanish
- JózefPolish
- Juozapasderivative · Lithuanian
- Jozëderivative · Albanian
- Jozifderivative · Albanian
- Seosamhderivative · Irish
- Joosefderivative · Finnish
- Ἰώσηποςdoublet · Ancient Greek, gr
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