Given name
Joses
“increaser”·“may he add”
Joses is used as a given name.
Original GreekΙωσης
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Joses means “increaser” or “may he add.”
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Where it comes from
Joses is a biblical name from Greek.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasap (יסף), “to add, increase, or repeat.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Joses appears in Mark 15:40, Matthew 27:56, Luke 3:29.
- Mark 15:40
- Matthew 27:56
- Luke 3:29
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Joses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 7 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 7 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 292 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.
Joses’s family of names
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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