Meaning of name Josef

The name Josef has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Josef is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 849 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In both Years 2008 and 2009, the name Josef remained at the same ranking of 1000. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Josef in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Josef is very likely a(n) Scandinavian variant of the name Joseph. See other suggested Scandinavian boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Joseph.

The following names are baby names related to Josef and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Josef: Boys - Ethan, Messiah, Oren, Reuben, Semaj, Zeb, Zebediah, Girls - Amaris, Besse, Danita, Ivah, Jalisa, Natane, Nila, Orpha, Samantha, Samara, Sherryl, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

The name Josef is a variant of Joseph. Other popular variants of the name Joseph are: Che (Hebrew), Epeei, Giuseppe (Italian), Giuseppino, Iosep, Jessop, Jessup, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joe (English), Joey (English), Joop, Joos, Joosef, Joosep, Joosepe, Joosepi, Jooseppi, Jopi, Jopie, Jose, Joseba, Josef (Scandinavian), Joseito, Josep, Josephe, Josephus, Josif, Josip, Josslin, Josu, Joszef, Joza, Jozef, Jozka, Osip, Pepe, Pepito, Pino, Pipo, Sepp, Seppi, Yosef (Jewish), Yousef, Yusif, Yusuf, Yusup, Yuszef

We think the name Josef should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Josef to be: Tall, smart and serious

In one word, you might describe Josef as a(n) "smart" person.

See other "smart" names for boys.