Given name
Josip
“God shall add”·“God will add”
Josip is a variant of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family. Josip is a variant of Ioseph. In Gaelic use, Ioseph carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Josip is a variant of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family. Josip is a variant of Ioseph. In Gaelic use, Ioseph carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Josip 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
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Josip developed from Ἰωσήφ. Josip 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Josip 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.
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Josip through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 109 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 9 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 582 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.
Josip’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Josip has an affectionate form in JOZO. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Josip shares an earlier linguistic root with JUSUF. Josip has a related form in Joseph.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Josip has relatives in 8 languages.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joseequivalent
- Yosefequivalent
- Giuseppeequivalent
- JosefGerman
- Jozefequivalent
- Jusufdoublet · Serbo-Croatian
- Iosifequivalent
- Josepequivalent
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- Josifdoublet · Serbo-Croatian
- Jožefequivalent
- Josoequivalent
- Józsefequivalent
- Joepequivalent
- Iosephusequivalent
- JózefPolish
- Osypequivalent
- Jožkoequivalent
- Joséequivalent
- Juozapasequivalent
- Язэпequivalent
- Giüsèppequivalent
- Jooseppiequivalent
- יוסףequivalent
- Yosypequivalent
- Иосифequivalent
- Josebaequivalent
- Osipequivalent
- Joosefequivalent
- يوسفequivalent
- Ossipequivalent
- Seffequivalent
- Jožeequivalent
- Zéequivalent
- Juozasequivalent
- Jòsiphas masculine form
- Ἰωσήφroot · Ancient Greek
People named Josip
- Josip Broz TitoYugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980)
- Josip IličićSlovenian association football playerborn 1988
- Josip JelačićAustrian general (1801-1859)
- Josip DrmićSwiss footballerborn 1992
- Josip ŠimunićCroatian footballerborn 1978
- Josip PivarićCroatian association football playerborn 1989
- Josip StanišićCroatian association football player (born 2000)
- Josip JuranovićCroatian association football playerborn 1995
- Josip BozanićCroatian cardinal and Archbishop of Zagrebborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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