Given name

Josefo

Josefo is a given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Josefo comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Iosephus.

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Josefo’s family of names

In Old Galician-Portuguese usage, Josefo has a related form in Josep.

Walk Josefo’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

If you love Josefo, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Josèp

“God will add”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Jowian

Jowian is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Latin

Jónatas

Jónatas is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Jônatas

Jônatas is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Jozeb

Jozeb is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Breton.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Josué

Josué is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Norman.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Juano

“Yahweh is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

96% boys · 4% girls

Ancient Greek

Jasão

Jasão is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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