Yosef
Appearance
Pronunciation | [ˈjoːsef] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Meaning | YHWH will add |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Yossef |
Short form(s) | Yossi, Yosi |
See also | Joseph, Yusuf |
Yosef (also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄) is a male Hebrew name יוֹסֵף , from Hebrew יה-וה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Hebrew equivalent of the English name Joseph, and the Arabic name Yusuf.
Given name
- Yosef ben Matityahu (Flavius Josephus), Jewish general and historian
- Yossi Avni-Levy (1962–), Israeli writer and diplomat
- Yossef Bodansky, Israeli-American political scientist
- (Yosef) Joseph Caro (1488–1575), Spanish-Ottoman Talmid Chacham and author of the Shulchan Aruch
- (Yossef) Joseph) Cedar (1968–), Israeli film director and screenwriter
- (Yosef) Josy Eisenberg (1933–2017), French television producer
- Yosef Elboim, Israeli rabbi, founder and head of the Movement for the Establishment of the 3rd Jerusalem Temple
- Yossef Gutfreund (1932–1972), Israeli wrestling judge
- Yossef Harmelin (1922–1994), Austrian-Israeli civil servant and ambassador
- Yosef Karduner (1969–, born Gilad Kardunos), Israeli Hasidic singer-songwriter
- (Yossef) Joseph Klauzner (1874–1958), Lithuanian-Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature
- (Yosef) Joseph Kossonogi (1908–1981), Hungarian-Israeli painter
- Yossef "Tommy" Lapid (1931–2008, born Tomislav Lampel), Hungarian-Israeli radio and television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister
- Yosi Mizrachi (1968–), Israeli-American rabbi and founder of Kiruv Organisation
- Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Israeli weightlifter, held hostage and killed during the Munich massacre by Palestinian terrorists
- Yosef Weitz (1890–1972), Russian-Israeli director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund
- (Yossef) Joseph Zaritsky (1891–1985), Russian-Israeli artist
Surname
- Elie Yossef, Israeli-British educator and political activist
- Jwan Yosef (1984–), Syrian-Swedish painter and artist
- Menasheh ben Yosef ben Yisrael (1604–1657), Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher, founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Me'erets Titzmah')
- Yaacov Yosef (1946–2013), Israeli rabbi and member of the Knesset