The meaning of the name Joseph is ‘he will add’.
Joseph derived from the Hebrew Yosef (he will add). The name comes from the Hebrew verb ‘to add; to increase’.
The name appears in the Book of Genesis: Joseph is Jacob’s eleventh son and Rachel’s first son, and known in the Jewish Bible as Yossef ben-Yaakov.
In the New Testament among the persons named Joseph, the most notable two are: 1) Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus; and, 2) Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.
In the first century CE, Joseph is the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews.
The form Joseph is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries. This spelling form is also found as a variant in the Nordic countries.
In Persian the name is called ‘Yousef’. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is called ‘José’. In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is Yūsuf and in Italy Guiseppe is used.
Famous people who share the name Joseph:
Joseph Stalin (Russian); Joseph McCarthy (politician); Joseph Heller (author); Joseph Brodsky (Nobel Prize winner/ Literature).
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