Given name
Josep
“God shall add”
Josep is a variant of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Josep is a variant of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Josep is a variant of Joseph. Joseph is the English and French form of the Hebrew name Yosef.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Josep is a variant of Joseph. The shared background comes through Joseph: The English and French name continues the biblical Hebrew form Yosef. The idea of adding is part of the name’s original family context, rather than a later personality interpretation.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Josep is a variant of Joseph. The history of Joseph gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Joseph is Jacob’s son who is taken to Egypt and later reconciled with his brothers. In the New Testament, Joseph is also the husband of Mary, giving the name a distinct place in Christian tradition.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Josep through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 155
- 155 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,162 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Josep’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Josep has a diminutive in Jep. Josep shares a linguistic root with Joseph. In Catalan usage, Josep has a conventional equivalent in the German form Josef.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Josep has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joseequivalent
- Yosefequivalent
- Giuseppeequivalent
- JosefGerman
- Jozefequivalent
- Jusufequivalent
- Iosifequivalent
- Josifequivalent
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- Josipequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Iosephusequivalent
- ΙωσήφGreek
- Josédescendant · Portuguese, Spanish
- JózefPolish
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Язэпequivalent
- Giüsèppequivalent
- Jossephequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- Иосифequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
- يوسفequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Seffequivalent
- Jožeequivalent
- Zéequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Jožefequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Spanishequivalent
People named Josep
- Josep BorrellCatalan-Spanish diplomat and politician (born 1947)
- Josep PlaSpanish journalist (1897–1981)
- Josep Maria BartomeuSpanish entrepreneur, and a former president of FC Barcelonaborn 1963
- Josep SamitierSpanish football player and manager (1902–1972)
- Josep Puig i CadafalchCatalan architect (1867-1957)
- Josep Maria FustéSpanish footballer (1941–2023)
- Josep MartínezSpanish footballer (born 1998)
- Josep Comas i SolàCatalan astronomer (1868-1937)
- Josep Lluís Sertarchitect (1902-1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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