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What does Joseph mean?
Joseph 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced JOH-sef. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Joseph is "Jehovah increases". Biblical: the son of Jacob who, sold by his brothers into slavery, but later became a supreme power in Egypt. Also Jesus' earthly father, a carpenter. See also Joe. Actors Josef Sommer, Joseph Fiennes; writers Joseph Conrad, Joseph Wambaugh; revolutionary Che Guevara; painter Joseph M. W. Turner.
STARTS WITH Jo-
Variations
VARIANTS Che, Giuseppe, Giuseppino, Iosef, Iosep, Iosif, Iosip, Jessop, Jessup, Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody▼, Joey▼, Joop, Joos, Jose▼, Josef, Joseito, Joselito, Josep, Josip, Josif, Josephe, Josephus, Joss, Josue▲, Joszef, Jozef, Osip, Pepe, Pepito, Peppi, Pino, Pipo, Sepp, Seppi, Yousef▲, Yusif, Yussuf, Yusuf▲, Yusup, Yuszef
FEMININE FORMS Jody, Jolene, Josephine, Marjo, Pepita, Yosepha
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Joseph Christopher (J.C.), ..
How popular is Joseph?
Joseph is a very popular first name for men (#9 out of 1220, Top 1%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#356 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Joseph reached its highest rank of #5 in the U.S. during the years 1910-1919, and is at #23 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Che, Giuseppe (#1651 A YEAR AGO), Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joe (#695), Joey (#742), Jose (#89), Josef (#1819), Joselito, Josephus, Josue (#225), Yousef (#790) and Yusuf (#567) are the prominent variation forms of Joseph (#23) listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Joseph reached the peak of their popularity in the 1910s (MEDIAN #1480) and are now much less common (#1287, ▼72%), with forms such as Joe becoming less trendy. Josue, Yousef and Yusuf are three of the more fashionable baby names in this compilation.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Asaph, Asiph, Dolph, Jabesh, Janesh, Jareth, Jase▼, Jasen▼, Jeh, Jereth, Jesiah▲, Jeth, Joash, Jobe, Joben, Jodey, Joed, Joel, Joell, Joeri, Jomei, Jonah▲, Jones, Jorel, Jorell, Joren, Jorey, Josh▼, Joshua▼, Joshuah, Josia, Josiah▲, Josias, Joslin, Josua, Jove, Joziah▲, Rolph and Zeph. These names tend to be less commonly used than Joseph.
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