Given name

Josèp

“God will add”

Josèp is a masculine given name. It is used in Occitan.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Josèp goes back to Latin Joseph, meaning “God will add.”

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Where it comes from

Josèp comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Joseph.

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Josèp’s family of names

In Occitan usage, Josèp has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph. In Occitan usage, Josèp has a related form in Jausèp. In Occitan usage, Josèp has a related form in Jausèp.

Walk Josèp’s family in the name graph

JosèpJósepJausèpJosephJosé

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Josèp has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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 2

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

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Latin

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Hebrew

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Latin

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Latin

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Latin

Jordanès

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Latin

Jakop

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Latin

Jowian

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Latin

Jónatas

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No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Josèp’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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