Given name · also Latin

Józew

“to add”

Józew is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Józew is an alternative form of Józef. Józef goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”

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Where it comes from

Józew is an alternative form of Józef. Józef comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.

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Józew’s family of names

In Polish usage, Józew has a related form in Józef.

Walk Józew’s family in the name graph

JózewJózefJosephJózwaJózwowa

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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