Josef - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Josef \j(o)-sef\ is a variant of Joseph (Hebrew), and the meaning of Josef is "Jehovah increases".

The baby name Josef sounds like Jozef, Joszef and Josif. Other similar baby names are Iosef, Jose, Josep and Yosef.

Josef is a somewhat common first name for men (#867 out of 1220) and also a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#71618 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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