Given name · also Ancient Greek

Jozif

Jozif is a masculine given name, possibly from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Albanian.

Original Hebrewיוסף

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jozif possibly comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Jozif developed from יוסף. Jozif developed from Ἰωσήφ.

Jozif’s family of names

Jozif developed from the Hebrew form יוסף. Jozif developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωσήφ.

Walk Jozif’s family in the name graph

JozifJosephיוסףἸωσήφ

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 3

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Sibling ideas

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