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Joska - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Joska

[ syll. jos-ka, jo-ska ] The boy name Joska is pronounced as YAASKah KEY. Joska is primarily used in Hungarian and it is of Hebrew origin. Joska is a variant form of the English, French, and German name Joseph. Joska is also a pet form of the Hungarian name Jozsef.

Joska is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Joska, the English, French, and German Joseph was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Joska include the English and Portuguese Jaco, the Spanish and English Jago, the English Jase, the English Jojo, the Estonian Juku, the English, Dutch, German, Latinized, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Hugo, the Spanish Yago, the name Yakez, the Russian Yashko, the Russian Yeska, the Russian Yesya, the Hebrew Yishai, the Japanese Yoshi, the Hebrew Yosi, the Japanese Yuki, the Russian Yusha, the Polish Jozio, the Czech Jurko, the Polish Juziu, and the English Hughes.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Joska: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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