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What does Yosef mean?
Yosef 
▲ as a boys' name has its root in Hebrew, and the name Yosef means "the Lord increases". Yosef is an alternate spelling of Yusuf (Hebrew): version of Joseph.
STARTS WITH Yo-
Variations
VARIANTS Yusuff, Yusef, Yoseff
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Yasef, ..
(female) Yone, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Yosef Cecil (Y.C.), ..
How popular is Yosef?
Yosef is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a somewhat prominent last name for both adults and children (#119644 out of 150436, Top 80%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Yosef was first listed in 1970-1979 and reached its highest rank of #670 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is at #723 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Yosef (#723 A YEAR AGO) ranked in the Top 2000 are Yusef and Yusuf (#567). Adoption of these relations of Yosef was more pronounced among parents in 2017 and has remained as conventional to this day. Yosef and Yusuf are two of the more chic boy names here.
Similar Names
Yosef▲ is pronounced similarly to Asaf, Iosef, Iosif, Yousef▲, Yusif, Yussuf and Yuszef. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Josef, Joszef, Jozef and Yoel. These names tend to be more commonly used than Yosef.
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