Joseph is a given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, and Tiberian Hebrew Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelt يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew as signifying "The Lord will increase/add". This variant of the name is used mostly in English and French-speaking countries.

As a biblical and saints' name, Joseph has enjoyed significant and well deserved popularity in its many forms in many countries.

People referred



to simply as "Joseph"

Religious figures

• Joseph
  • The Tribe of Joseph, named after Joseph, son of Jacob, consists of the Tribe of Ephraim and the Tribe of Manasseh.
• Saint Joseph of Nazareth is a figure from the New Testament prominent in Christianity, who was husband of Mary and thus step-father of Jesus
• Joseph of Arimathea, from the New Testament, acquired the body of Jesus from Pontius Pilate
• Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
• Joseph is the sixth son of the patriarch Lehi in the Book of Mormon

Political leaders

• Joseph was the name of Khazar ruler of the mid 900s AD who corresponded with Hasdai ibn Shaprut
• Joseph Rabban was an eighth century Indian Jewish leader.
• A number of leaders in
  
  
  
  western history, both secular and ecclesiastical, were named Joseph:
  • Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678-1711)
  • Joseph I of Portugal (1750-1777)
  • Joseph I of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Exarch (1877-1915)
  • Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (March 13, 1741 – February 20, 1790)
  • Joseph II, Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union
• Chief Joseph was a Nez Percé Chief, in North American history
• Joseph Stalin

Placenames

• United States
  • Joseph, Utah
  • Joseph, Oregon
• There are also some places called Saint Joseph.

Other language variants

• Giô-sép - Vietnamese
• Giuseppe & Beppe - Italian
• Ġużeppi & Żeppi & Żeppu & Peppi & Peppu - Maltese - Il-Malti
• Hohepa - Māori
• Հովսեփ (Hovsep') - Armenian
• იოსებ (Ioseb) - Georgian
• Iosephus - Latin
• Ιώσηπος (Iōsepos) - Greek
• Ιωσήφ (Iosēph) - Greek
• Иосиф (Iosif) - Russian
• Iosif - Romanian
• Joosef - Low German
• Jooseppi - Finnish
• José - Spanish, Portuguese
• Joseba - Basque
• Josef - Czech, German, Norwegian, Swedish
• Jósef - Icelandic
• Josep - Catalan
• Josepe - Basque
• Josephus - Latin
• Јосиф (Josif) - Serbian
• Josip - Croatian, Slovene
• Jozef - Albanian, Dutch, Slovenian, Slovak
• Jozèf - Haitian Creole
• Jozefo - Esperanto
• Józef - Polish
• József - Hungarian
• Juozapas - Lithuanian
• Juozas - Lithuanian
• Осип (Osip) - Russian
• Seosamh - Irish
• Seòsaidh - Scottish Gaelic
• Xosé - Galician
• Йосиф (Yosif) - Bulgarian
• Йосип (Yosyp) - Ukrainian
• Yue se - Mandarin pinyin
• Yusuf - Indonesian, Turkish, Arabic
• يوسف (Yousef) - Arabic
• یوسف - Persian
• יוֹסֵף - Hebrew

See also

• List of people by name: Jos#Joseph

Jozefo José Josef Joseph Giuseppe (nome) Jozef Józef (imię) José Иосиф Josef