Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. kho-SEH(Spanish) zhoo-ZEH(European Portuguese) zho-ZEH(Brazilian Portuguese) ZHO-ZEH(French)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph, as well as a French variant. In Spanish-speaking regions it is occasionally used as a feminine middle name (or the second part of a double name), often paired with María. This was the most popular name for boys in Spain for the first half of the 20th century.

Related Names

VariantsJose, Josefa, Josepe(Spanish) Joseph(French)
DiminutivesPepe, Pepita, Pepito(Spanish) , Zezé(Portuguese)
Feminine FormJosefa(Portuguese)
Other Languages & CulturesJozef, Zef(Albanian) Yousef, Youssef, Yusef, Yusuf(Arabic) Youcef(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Hovsep(Armenian) Yusif(Azerbaijani) Joseba(Basque) Joseph, Joses(Biblical) Ioseph, Ioses(Biblical Greek) Yosef(Biblical Hebrew) Ioseph(Biblical Latin) Jusuf(Bosnian) Yosif(Bulgarian) Josep(Catalan) Ghjaseppu(Corsican) Josip, Josipa, Finka, Joško, Joso, Jozefina, Jožica, Jozo(Croatian) Josef, Josefína(Czech) Josef, Josefine(Danish) Josephus, Jozef, Fieke, Fien, Fiene, Jef, Joep, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Josefien, Josephine, Jozefien, Pien, Sjef(Dutch) Joseph, Jo, Jodene, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Josepha, Josephina, Josephine, Josey, Josie, Posie, Posy(English) Jozefo, Joĉjo(Esperanto) Joosep(Estonian) Jósef(Faroese) Jose(Filipino) Jooseppi, Iina, Josefiina, Juuso(Finnish) Xosé(Galician) Ioseb, Soso(Georgian) Josef, Jo, Joschka, Josefine, Joseph, Josepha, Josephine, Jupp, Sepp, Seppel(German) Iosif(Greek) Yosef(Hebrew) Josephus(History) Jozefa, József, Jóska, Józsi(Hungarian) Jósef(Icelandic) Jusuf, Yusuf(Indonesian) Seosamh(Irish) Giuseppa, Giuseppe, Beppe, Giosetta, Giuseppina, Giusi, Giusy, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pina, Pino, Pippo(Italian) Iosephus(Late Roman) Jāzeps(Latvian) Juozapas, Juozas(Lithuanian) Josif(Macedonian) Hohepa(Maori) Josef, Josefine(Norwegian) Josèp(Occitan) Yousef, Yusef(Persian) Józef, Józefa, Józefina(Polish) Iosif(Romanian) Iosif, Osip(Russian) Seòsaidh(Scottish Gaelic) Josif(Serbian) Jozef, Jozefína(Slovak) Josip, Jožef, Jožefa, Jože, Jozefa, Jožica, Pepca(Slovene) Yuusuf(Somali) Josef, Josefin, Josefina, Josefine(Swedish) Yusuf(Turkish) Ýusup(Turkmen) Yosyp(Ukrainian) Yousaf(Urdu) Yusup(Uyghur) Issouf, Issoufou(Western African) Yossel(Yiddish)
Same SpellingJose
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Name Days

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Entry updated December 14, 2019