Meaning of name Yosef

The name Yosef has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Yosef is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 899 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Yosef rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 97 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 788 in the Top 1000 charts.

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

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

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

The following names are baby names related to Yosef and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Yosef: 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 Yosef 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 Yosef 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 Yosef to be: Tall, smart and serious

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

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