What does Josef mean?

Josef means "Yahweh will add (another"

How do we pronounce Josef?

Josef \jo-sef, jos-ef\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Josef is pronounced YOWZehF in German 1.

1 Pronunciation for Josef: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"

What is the origin of Josef?

Josef is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in the Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish languages. Josef is a variant of Joseph pronounciation (English, French, and German). Alternatives of Josef include the diminutives what does the name Joschka mean (German) and nicknames for Sepp (German).

List of baby names that is pronounced like Josef:

Joseph name (English, French, and German), Jaagup definition (Estonian), nicknames for Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), meaning of Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian), name Jakov (Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic), short names for Jakub (Czech, Polish, and Slavic), name Jesop origin, Jocob meaning of name, what does the name Jocobb mean, Josyf name (Polish), Jozef definition (Dutch, Slavic, and Polish), what does the name József mean (Hungarian), nicknames for Juzef (Polish), name Iakov origin (Greek and Russian), what does the name Ioseph mean (Gaelic, Irish, and Russian), Iosif meaning (Greek, Russian, and Slavic), short names for Yaaqov, Yackeev definition, Yackiv meaning, and Yacoub name popularity.

The baby name Josef fun facts:

The name Josef in reverse order is "Fesoj".

The numerological value of the name Josef is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Josef?

Josef is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames