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Iosif - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Iosif

[ 3 syll. io-sif, ios-if ] The boy name Iosif is pronounced AYahSIHF or YEHSahF KEY. Iosif's language of origin is Hebrew, and it is predominantly used in the Greek, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic languages. Iosif is a variant of Joseph (English, French, and German).

Iosif is an unusual baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Iosif, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Iosif include Akiba (Hebrew), Akiva (Hebrew), Euseby (English), Jacobo (Spanish), Iokepa (Hawaiian), Aakav (Indian), Achav (Hebrew), Asaf (Hebrew), Asaph (Hebrew), Eusebio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Eusébio (Portuguese), Juzef (Polish), Yakov (Russian), Yakup (Turkish), Yosef (Hebrew), Yosif (Slavic), Yousef (Arabic and Yiddish), Youssef (Arabic), Yousuf (Arabic), and Yusef (Arabic).

A famous person named Iosif is Politician Joseph Stalin, born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, 1879 - 5 March 1953, Gori, Georgia, Russia.

KEY: English pronunciation for Iosif: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"


 
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