Meaning & origin
What it means
Józia is a diminutive of Józefa. Józefa goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
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Where it comes from
Józia is a diminutive of Józefa. Józefa comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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Józia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Józia is a diminutive of Józefa. In Polish usage, Józia is a shortened form of Józefa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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