Joseph
\ʒo.zɛf\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Latin origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Pronunciation | \ʒo.zɛf\ |
| Also spelled | Josep |
| Compound names | François-Joseph, Joseph-Marie, Louis-Joseph, Marie-Joseph, Maximilien-Joseph, Pierre-Joseph |
Origin and meaning
Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsēp̄)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)bor. Latin Iōsēphuslbor. Old French Joseph French Joseph Inherited from Old French Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus. Doublet of José.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
- Germany
- Spain
- Iceland
Around the world
- GermanJosef
- Arabicيوسف
- BasqueJoseba
- BretonJozeb, Jozef
- CatalanJosep
- Chinese约瑟夫
- CorsicanGhjaseppu
- CroatianJosif, Josip
- DanishJosef
- SpanishJosé
- FinnishJooseppi, Juuso
- IrishSeosamh
- WelshJoseff
- GreekΙωσήφ, Ιώσηπος
In literature
« Le repos sans la prière qui vivifiait les monastères, sans la méditation qui peuplait les thébaïdes, devient une maladie, dit sentencieusement M. Joseph. »Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Arthur Crbz (France (Occitanie)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).