Iosep as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Iosep

What is the meaning of the name Iosep ?

The baby name Iosep is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ee-OH-sep (IPA: /i.oˈsɛp/).

Iosep is Hebrew in Origin.

Iosep is a regional and transliteration form of the name Joseph, ultimately from Hebrew Yosef, derived from the verb yasaf “to add, increase.” The name traveled into Greek as Iōsēph and Latin as Iosephus; the spelling Iosep reflects the dropping of the final h in some scholarly or local Latinizations. It appears in Eastern European and Caucasian contexts, often alongside Georgian Ioseb (frequently Latinized as Iosep due to final consonant devoicing), and in records influenced by Greek or Church usage.

Meaning “he will add” or “may [God] add,” Iosep shares the biblical legacy of Joseph, the patriarch son of Jacob and the New Testament Saint Joseph, ensuring broad use across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. Related forms include Joseph, Yosef/Yossef, Ioseph, Iosif, Josip, Josef, Josep (Catalan), José, Giuseppe, Józef, Ioseb, Hovsep/Hovsēp (Armenian), Seosamh (Irish), and Iòsaph (Scottish Gaelic).

⚙ Iosep is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Iosep appears only 2 times in total — found in 2 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.