Joseph

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Joseph is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "He will add" or "God increases."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew given name
given name
masculine given name
associatedWith biblical patriarchs
religious tradition
saints
derivedFrom Yosef
etymologicalRoot Hebrew verb yasaf (to add, increase)
hasCategory Biblical masculine given names
Theophoric names
hasCognate Giuseppe
José
Yosef
Yusuf
hasGender masculine
hasLanguageOfOrigin Hebrew
hasMeaning God increases
He will add
hasNameDay varies by country
hasOrigin Hebrew
hasPopularity common
hasReligiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
hasShortForm Joe
Joey
Jose
hasUsageRegion Christian communities worldwide
English-speaking countries
hasVariant Giuseppe
Iosif
Jose
Jozef
surface form: Josef

Josep
José
Jozef
Józef
Yosef
Yosef
surface form: Yossef

Yusuf
surface form: Yousuf

Yusuf
isBiblicalName true
namedAfter Yosef
surface form: Joseph, son of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible

Saint Joseph
surface form: Saint Joseph, husband of Mary in the New Testament
usedAs first name
usedBy Christianity
surface form: Christians

Jews
Muslims
writtenInScript Latin alphabet

Referenced by (116)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gad brother Joseph
Josefa cognateWith Joseph
Giuseppe derivedFrom Joseph
Iosifovich derivedFrom Joseph
Yusuf equivalentTo Joseph
Keith Joseph familyName Joseph
Beau Biden givenName Joseph
Bob Kerrey givenName Joseph
Don Meredith givenName Joseph
Jo Grimond givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Jo Jo White
Joe Altobelli givenName Joseph
Joseph givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Joe DiMaggio
Joe Flacco givenName Joseph
Joseph givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Joe Fulks
Joe Garagiola givenName Joseph
Joe Girardi givenName Joseph
Joe Hill givenName Joseph
Joe Lieberman givenName Joseph
Joe Maddon givenName Joseph
Joe McGinnity givenName Joseph
Joe Sakic givenName Joseph
Joe Simon givenName Joseph
Joe Tinker givenName Joseph
Joe West givenName Joseph
Joey Luft givenName Joseph
Joseph Avenol givenName Joseph
Joseph Black givenName Joseph
Joseph Bonaparte givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Joseph Buck
Joseph C. Tsai givenName Joseph
Joseph Cotten givenName Joseph
Joseph Durst givenName Joseph
Joseph Fiennes givenName Joseph
Joseph Gargan givenName Joseph
Joseph Gauss givenName Joseph
Joseph Goebbels givenName Joseph
Joseph givenName Joseph
subject surface form: Joseph Graham Davis Jr.
Joseph Greenberg givenName Joseph