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Jozeph

Boy · YO-zef · Hebrew

Jozeph is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jozeph mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jozef; Slovak and Polish form of Joseph

“God will add”

Joseph is the son of Jacob in Genesis and the husband of Mary in the New Testament.

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YO-zef

Meaning borrowed from Jozef.

Is Jozeph a girl's or a boy's name?

Jozeph is a boys' name.

How popular is Jozeph in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the boys named Jozeph in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 11 in 20112018
Jozeph in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20186#10,754
20178#8,835
20168#8,811
20155#12,080
20140–
201310#7,532
20127#9,703
201111#7,002
20105#12,224
20095#12,486
20080–
20076#10,915
20060–
20056#10,144
20046#9,941
20036#9,574
20026#9,385
20010–
20000–
19996#8,697
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19925#8,426
19916#7,263

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