What Does My Name Joseph Mean?

The word Joseph has a Hebrew origin, meaning "Jehovah or God increases." It is one of the most popular first names and surnames in the world with as many as 44 variants of which some of the popular one are Joe, Jose (Spanish version), Jodi, Josef, Giuseppe etc. In Arabic, the word Joseph is spelt as Yusuf.

The Old Testament shows Joseph as one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel and the son of Jacob. He was sold by his brothers into slavery because their father was partial in giving Joseph a coat of varied colours. The New Testament shows Joseph as a carpenter and the earthly father of the son of God Jesus Christ. Joseph also refers to an outer garment, worn as a long riding coat with a little cape, used by women in the 18th century.

Joseph means "God will increase".I know because my name is Joseph

Joseph is a very popular male first name and is pronounced JOH-sef. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "Jehovah increases." In the Bible, Joseph is the older son of Jacob and Rachel; he was sold by his brothers into slavery and later rose to become a supreme power in Egypt. Also Jesus' earthly father, a carpenter. Jos� (hoh-ZAY) is a Spanish form.

Some of the forms of are Giuseppe, Giuseppino, Iosef, Iosep, Iosif, Iosip, Jessop, Jessup, Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joey, Joop, Joos, Jos�, Jose, Josef, Joseito etc.

Actors Josef Sommer, Joseph Fiennes; writers Joseph Conrad, Joseph Wambaugh; revolutionary Che Guevara; painter Joseph M. W. Turner are some of the famous personalities by the name.

Joseph is hebrew and it means god will increase I know this because my first name is joseph hope this helped

The first name Joseph is of Hebrew Origin and it means 'He shall Add'.

The last name Joseph is of English, German, French, and Jewish origin. All the origins are from personal name, Hebrew Yosef, 'may He (God) add (another son).

God will increase

If you click here you will find a good explanation given by another Blurter of this name, which is sometimes also translated as "God will add another (son.)"

I don't know if you already have the meaning of your first name? If not, you can find information about that on Blurtit too if you use the "go" window at the top (basically Michael is also Hebrew and means "who is like God.")

It means Jehovah increases

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