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DiminutiveJoos
Other Languages & CulturesJozef, Zef (Albanian) Iustus, Justus (Ancient Roman) 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) Judoc, Jodoc (Breton) Yosif (Bulgarian) Josep (Catalan) Ghjaseppu (Corsican) Josip, Joško, Joso, Jozo (Croatian) Josef (Czech) Josef (Danish) Joseph, Joyce, Jo, Jody, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Josey (English) Jozefo, Joĉjo (Esperanto) Joosep (Estonian) Jósef (Faroese) Jose (Filipino) Jooseppi, Justus, Juuso (Finnish) Joseph, Juste, José, Josse (French) Xosé (Galician) Ioseb, Soso (Georgian) Josef, Jost, Justus, 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) Giuseppe, Giusto, Beppe, Giusi, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pino, Pippo (Italian) Iosephus (Late Roman) Jāzeps (Latvian) Juozapas, Justas, Juozas (Lithuanian) Josif (Macedonian) Yusof (Malay) Iodocus, Iudocus, Jodocus, Judoc, Judocus (Medieval Breton) Josse (Medieval French) 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, Jošt, Jožef, Jože, Juš (Slovene) Yuusuf (Somali) Jose, José, Justo, 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)
Surname DescendantJoosten (Dutch)
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People think this name is
informal wholesome strong strange simple
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Entry updated January 22, 2019