Joseph

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), the Greek spelling of the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning 'he will add (another son)' [1]

Related Names

     
Joosef ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Josef ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jósef ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic
Joseph ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Josèphe ♂ French
Jozef ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Jo, Josepha, Joséphine, Jose, Jósepr, Josse, Juokko, Juuso

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

19 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1291 [1]

Patronyms

Sweden: Josephsson, Josephson

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂Trend
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png 0 68 1371 2925 Statimg trend 1.png
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 456 n.a Statimg trend 1.png
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 166 428 Statimg trend 2.png
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 27 n.a 1041 Statimg trend 1.png
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][3][4][5]:Name statistics for Joseph(m)


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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