Josef
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god shall increase; a form of Joseph.
Josef by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Josef. In the US, 78 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 220 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Josef, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Giuseppegod will increase; Italian form of Joseph109 in the US (2017)
- Josephinagod shall increase; feminine form of Joseph102 in the US (2017)
- YousifGod will increase; form of Joseph31 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josef. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
- Jozefvariant of Joseph; God will increase19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jozsefgod is salvation; hungarian form of joseph6 in the US (2017)
- Josepgod will increase; catalan form of joseph5 in the US (2017)
- Joseffgod will increase; variant of Joseph3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Josef
Names that are said the same way as Josef, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Josef, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Josef
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