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Meaning and origin
Jozef is a Dutch boy name. The meaning of the name is `God Will Increase`.


Where is it used?
The name Jozef is mainly used in Slovak, Slovene and in Polish.

It is an abbreviated form of
Juuso, used in Finnish.


How do they say it elsewhere?
Yusef (In Turkish)
José (In Spanish and in Portuguese)
Josif (In Serbian)
Iosif (In Russian and in Bulgarian)
Osip (In Russian)
Yousef (In Muslim)
Youssef (In Muslim)
Juozas (In Lithuanian)
Yosef (In Jewish)
Giuseppe (In Italian)
Seosamh (In Irish)
Josef (In German, Scandinavian, Dutch and in Czech)
Sepp (In German)
Xosé (In Galician)
Jooseppi (In Finnish)
Jozefo (In Esperanto)
Joseph (In English, French and in the bible)
Josip (In Croatian and in Slovene)
Josep (In Catalan)
Hovsep (In Armenian)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Joe
In English: Jo


For the opposite sex use:
In Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and in Scandinavian: Josefa (F)
In Spanish: Josefina (F)
In Hungarian: Jozefa (F)
In French: Josée (F)
In French: Josephe (F)
In English and in German: Josepha (F)


See also
In Spanish: Pepe (M)
In Spanish: Pepito (M)
In Spanish: Pepita (F)
In Slovene: Joze (M)
In Jewish: Yussel (M)
In Hungarian: József (M)
In German: Seppel (M)
In French: Joséphine (F)
In Esperanto: Jochjo (M)
In English: Joey (M)


Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Polish) God Will Increase (Slovak) God Will Increase

More `Jozef` links
Jozef as abbreviation
Actors named Jozef
Jozef in the encyclopedia