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What does Josef mean?
Josef 
as a name for boys is a Hebrew name, and the name Josef means "Jehovah increases". Josef is an alternate form of Joseph (Hebrew). Biblical: the son of Jacob who.
STARTS WITH Jo-
Variations
VARIANT Josephe
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA JOSEPH Iosef, Iosep, Iosif, Iosip, Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody▼, Joey▼, Joop, Joos, Jose▼, Joseito, Josep, Josif, Josip, Joss, Josue▲, Joszef, Jozef, Yousef▲, Yusif, Yusuf▲, Yuszef
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Jesef, ..
(female) Jole, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Josef Ellis (J.E.), ..
How popular is Josef?
Josef is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#867 out of 1220, Top 71%) and an even more prominent surname for both adults and children (#62775 out of 150436, Top 42%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Josef entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its top position of #722 in the U.S. during the years 1980-1989, and is currently at #1819. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joey (#742 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Jose (#89), Joseph (#23), Josue (#225), Yousef (#790) and Yusuf (#567) are the prominent variation forms of Josef (#1819) appearing in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Joss, are uncommon. These relations of Josef were favored 108 years ago (AVERAGE #1509) and have become significantly less widespread since (#1114, 66.7% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Joey becoming less stylish. Josue, Yousef and Yusuf are three of the more contemporarily stylish names for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Jase▼, Jasen▼, Jobe, Joben, Jodey, Joe▼, Joed, Joel, Jomei, Jones, Jorel, Joren, Jorey, Josh▼, Josia, Josua, Jove, Yosef▲ and Yusef. These names tend to be less commonly used than Josef.
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