Given name · also Ancient Greek
Iosephus
“to add”
Iosephus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iosephus goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Iosephus comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
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)
Iosephus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Iosephus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph. In Latin usage, Iosephus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef. In Latin usage, Iosephus has a related form in Iōsēph.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Iosephus has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Iosephus comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JosephEnglish, French
- Yosefequivalent
- Giuseppeequivalent
- JosefGerman
- Jozefequivalent
- Jusufequivalent
- Iosifequivalent
- Josephusequivalent
Show 25 moreShow fewer
- Josipequivalent
- Josepequivalent
- Josifequivalent
- ИосифRussian
- ΙωσήφGreek
- JoséPortuguese, Spanish
- JózefPolish
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Giüsèppequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- יוסףequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
- يوسفequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Seffequivalent
- Jožeequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Jožefequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Ἰωσήφsource · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Iosephus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Iacobus
“May He Heel”
>99% boys
Agabus
“grasshopper”
>99% boys
Eubulus
“good counsel” · “prudent”
>99% boys
Iordanes
Iordanes is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
>99% boys
Archippus
“first horse” · “ruler of horses”
>99% boys
Iosue
Iosue is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
>99% boys
Hircanus
Hircanus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
>99% boys
Iakovos
“he who supplants” · “heel grabber”
>99% boys