Meaning & History
Italian form of Joseph. Two noteworthy bearers were Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), a military leader who united Italy, and Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), a composer of operas.
Related Names
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Feminine FormsGiuseppa, Giuseppina, Giusi, Giusy
Other Languages & CulturesJozef, Zef (Albanian) Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Yousuf, Yusef, Yusuf (Arabic) Youcef (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Hovsep (Armenian) Yusup (Avar) Yusif (Azerbaijani) Joseba (Basque) Iosif (Belarusian) Yousuf, Yusuf (Bengali) Joseph, Joses (Biblical) Ioseph, Ioses (Biblical Greek) Yosef (Biblical Hebrew) Ioseph (Biblical Latin) Jusuf (Bosnian) Yosif (Bulgarian) Josep (Catalan) Ghjaseppu (Corsican) Josip, Joško, Joso, Jozo (Croatian) Josef (Czech) Josef (Danish) Jozef, Jef, Joep, Joes, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Josephus, Sef, Sep, Sjef (Dutch) Joseph, Jo, Jody, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Josey (English) Jozefo, Joĉjo (Esperanto) Joosep (Estonian) Jósef (Faroese) Jose (Filipino) Jooseppi, Juuso (Finnish) Joseph, José (French) Xosé (Galician) Ioseb, Soso (Georgian) Josef, Jo, Joschka, Joseph, Jupp, Sepp, Seppel (German) Iosif (Greek) Yosef (Hebrew) Josephus (History) József, Jóska, Józsi (Hungarian) Jósef (Icelandic) Jusuf, Yusuf, Yusup (Indonesian) Seosamh (Irish) Iosephus (Late Roman) Jāzeps (Latvian) Juozapas, Juozas (Lithuanian) Josif (Macedonian) Yusof (Malay) Hohepa (Māori) Josef (Norwegian) Josèp (Occitan) Yusuf (Pashto) Yousef, Yusef (Persian) Józef (Polish) José, Zé, Zezé (Portuguese) Yusuf (Quranic) Iosif (Romanian) Iosif, Osip (Russian) Seòsaidh (Scottish Gaelic) Josif (Serbian) Jozef (Slovak) Josip, Jožef, Jože, Juš (Slovene) Yuusuf (Somali) Jose, José, Joselito, Josepe, Pepe, Pepito (Spanish) Josef (Swedish) Yusuf (Tajik) Yosıf (Tatar) Yusuf (Turkish) Ýusup (Turkmen) Yosyp, Yosyf (Ukrainian) Yousaf, Yousuf, Yusuf (Urdu) Yusup (Uyghur) Yusuf (Uzbek) Issouf, Issoufou, Youssouf (Western African) Yossel (Yiddish)
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Entry updated April 23, 2024