The baby name Yosif is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈjoʊsɪf/ (YO-sif).
Yosif is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Yosif is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈjoʊsɪf/ (YO-sif).
Yosif is Hebrew in Origin.
Yosif is the Bulgarian and Balkan Slavic form of the biblical name Joseph, ultimately from Hebrew Yosef, “he will add/increase,” derived from the verb yasaf. The name spread into Slavic via Greek Iōsēph and Church Slavonic liturgy, yielding local spellings with initial y-/i- depending on transliteration. In Bulgarian it corresponds to Йосиф, typically pronounced with an initial y glide.
Worn since medieval times by monks, bishops, and laymen in Eastern Orthodox communities, Yosif gained steady currency through veneration of the Old Testament patriarch Joseph and Saint Joseph of Nazareth in Christian tradition, as well as long-standing Jewish usage. Related and cognate variants include Yosef (Hebrew), Joseph (English), Josef (German, Czech, Scandinavian) and Józef (Polish), Josep (Catalan), José (Spanish/Portuguese), Giuseppe (Italian), Iosif (Russian, Romanian), Josif (Serbian, Macedonian), and Yusuf (Arabic, Turkish). Feminine/derived forms include Yosefa, Josephine, and Josefina.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | 0 | #76 | 1 | 1,883 | |
| SD | 0 | #97 | 6 | 2,130 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #110 | 1 | 2,055 |
| IQ | 0 | #111 | 19 | 3,533 | |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| JO | 0 | #139 | 2 | 2,158 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #160 | 445 | 10,523 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #176 | 44 | 3,850 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #182 | 2 | 1,578 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #223 | 806 | 13,071 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #269 | 6 | 3,535 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| IL | 0 | #278 | 5 | 6,291 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #294 | 3 | 6,578 |
| YE | 0 | #299 | 83 | 8,639 | |
| SA | 0 | #308 | 5 | 10,560 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #324 | 1,053 | 15,035 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #335 | 11 | 7,678 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #337 | 41 | 7,057 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| EG | 0 | #383 | 18 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #420 | 5 | 15,987 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #425 | 124 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #427 | 186 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #443 | 62 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #449 | 87 | 12,703 | |
| BH | 0 | #477 | 77 | 17,937 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #593 | 5 | 20,968 |
| SY | 0 | #599 | 131 | 11,684 | |
| LB | 0 | #641 | 18 | 13,263 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #670 | 100 | 18,755 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #697 | 11 | 18,093 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| TN | 0 | #816 | 14 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #824 | 58 | 17,948 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #827 | 133 | 14,742 |
| United States | Boys | 2016 | #891 | 7 | 7,365 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #919 | 12 | 5,610 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #921 | 15 | 25,931 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #929 | 24 | 5,697 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #940 | 12 | 5,873 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MA | 0 | #1,037 | 92 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,042 | 51 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,154 | 58 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,158 | 19 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,285 | 331 | 28,008 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,447 | 25 | 10,046 |
Yosif is popular in 38 countries — most recent births per country:
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