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 [ 2 syll. jo-sef, jos-ef ] The boy name Josef is pronounced JHOWSahF KEY. Josef is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in the Czech, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish languages. Josef is a variant of Joseph (English, French, and German). Variants of Josef include the pet forms Joschka (German) and Sepp (German). Josef is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1999, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Josef. It had a ranking of #737 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only very modest use today. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Josef, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Josef include Joseph (English, French, and German), Josephe (English and French), Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakab (Hungarian), Jakeb (English), Jakiv (Russian), Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakov (Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic), Jeffy (English), Jephthah (English and German), Jessup (English), Joab (English), Joba (Lapp), Jobo (Spanish), Joosef (Finnish), Josep (Slavic), Josif (Slavic), Josip (Slavic), Jospeh (English), and Joszef (Hungarian). KEY: English pronunciation for Josef: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"   |
