Given name & surname

Yoseph

Yoseph is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yoseph is a romanization of योसेफ. योसेफ comes from Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Yoseph through the years

Babies since 1880
958
958 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2005
37 babies
2025
20
#5,038 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+4%
Steady
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Yoseph in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inNew York
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: New York (6).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,038 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2005. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,212 as a first name in 2020; 518 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Yoseph’s family of names

In Marathi usage, Yoseph is a Roman-alphabet rendering of योसेफ.

Walk Yoseph’s family in the name graph

YosephYosefयोसेफYosseph

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

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24RareRising

>99% boys

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Yaasir

15Very rareRising

>99% boys

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Edoardo

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16Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Ardit

“gold” · “day”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Hebrew · Modern

Jezreel

“The Lord provides”

20RareEasing

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Modern

Issaih

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Uzayr

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Edwuin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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