Given name
Josafá
Josafá is a given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinIosaphatus
Meaning & origin
Josafá’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Josafá has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form JOSAFAT. In Portuguese usage, Josafá has a conventional equivalent in the French form JOSAPHAT. In Portuguese usage, Josafá has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form GIOSAFAT.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Josafá has relatives in 43 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Josafá comes from · 2 names
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IosaphatusLatin
- IosaphatLatin
- JosafatSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- JehoshaphatScots, English
- JosaphatEnglish, French
- JozafatPolish, Serbo-Croatian
- ЙосафатUkrainian
- YehoşafatTurkish
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- ИосафатRussian
- یهوشافاطPersian, azb
- JosjafatNorwegian Bokmål, West Frisian
- ĠosafatMaltese
- JôsafataMalagasy
- JuozapatasLithuanian
- ヨシャファトJapanese
- GiosafatItalian
- YosafatIndonesian
- יהושפטYiddish, Hebrew
- JósafátHungarian
- יוספאטHebrew
- Yok-sâ-fap-vònghak
- ΙωσαφάτGreek
- JehoŝafatEsperanto
- JošafataCroatian
- 여호사밧Korean
- 約沙法Chinese, Cantonese
- JóšafatCzech
- YehoshafatBreton
- ЯзафатаBelarusian
- ІасафатBelarusian
- يهوشافاطarz, Arabic
- JoschafatGerman
People named Josafá
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