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Joszef - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Joszef

[ syll. jos-zef, jo-sz-ef ] The boy name Joszef is pronounced JHAASH-EHF KEY. Joszef's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the Hungarian language. Joszef is a variant form of Joseph (English, French, and German).

Joszef is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Joszef, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Joszef include 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), Josef (Czech, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish), Josep (Slavic), Joseph (English, French, and German), Josephe (English and French), Josif (Slavic), Josip (Slavic), and Jospeh (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Joszef: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"


 
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