Jozef - Meaning of Jozef

What does Jozef mean?

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Jozef

[ 2 syll. jo-zef, joz-ef ] The baby boy name Jozef is pronounced YOW-ZahF (Dutch) †. Jozef's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in Dutch, Slavic, and Polish.

In addition, Jozef is a derivative (Dutch and Slavic) of the English, French, and German Joseph.

Derivatives of Jozef include the name Joes, the Polish Josyf, the name Jozeff, the Polish Jozek, and the name József.

The origin and meaning of the name Jozef is inherited by all variant forms.

Another derivative of the name is the Dutch diminutive Joos.

See also the related categories, slavic, polish, hebrew, and dutch.

Jozef is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the family of boy names directly related to Jozef, Joseph was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Jozef include Jaagup, Jacob, Jakob, Jakov, Jakub, Jesop, Jocob, Jocobb, Josef, Joseph, Josyf, József, Juzef, Iakov, Ioseph, Iosif, Yaaqov, Yackiv, Yacoub, and Yacov.

† Pronunciation for Jozef: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"

A famous person named Jozef is Joseph Conrad, Author, born Teodor Jozef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924, Berdichev, Ukraine.