Joseph

Joseph is a masculine given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as , Standard Hebrew Yossef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. The name can be translated from Hebrew yosef YHWH as signifying Yahweh/Jehovah shall increase/add.The name appears in the book of Genesis: Joseph is Jacobs eleventh son and Rachels first son, and known in the Jewish Bible as Yossef ben-Yaakov.In the New Testament there are two others named Joseph: 1) Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus; and, 2) Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.The form Joseph is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries.In Persian the name is called yousef or یوسف . In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled or Yūsuf. The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and Joseph was one of the two names, along with Robert, to have remained in the top 10 boys names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either Yossi or Yossef, and in Italy, where the name Giuseppe was the most common male name in the 20th century.

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