Name
JOSEPH

Name JOSEPH

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 3,423,245 births of Joseph in the countries below, which represents an average of 24,107 births of children bearing the first name Joseph per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 11,259 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Joseph   
In Italiano Nome Joseph   


Information about the first name Joseph

We celebrate Joseph on March 19th
The first name Joseph is listed in our categories :The first name Joseph has been assigned to:
99.80% to boys
0.20% to girls
The country where the first name Joseph is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Joseph

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Joseph : Jhosep, Joesph, Joshep, Jospeh, Josphe

Joseph in Japanese *

Romajijozefu
Katakanaジョゼフ
Hiraganaじょぜふ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Joseph in Japanese
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Joseph in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Joseph

US English
Etymology src :
  • Probably in allusion to Joseph's coat of many colours in Genesis 37:3.
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.
Alternative forms src :
  • Jos.
Noun src :
  • joseph (plural josephs)
  • (sometimes capitalised) A woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front.
Noun src :
  • Joseph (plural Josephs)
  • One whose chastity is above temptation (from the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis xxxix).
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊsəf/
  • (US) enPR: jō'səf, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊsəf, (US) -oʊsəf
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊzəf/
  • (US) enPR: jō'səf, jō'zəf, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊzəf/
  • Rhymes: (US) -oʊsəf
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Maori: Hohepa
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (diminutives): Joe, Joey, Jo
  • (feminine equivalent): Josephine
  • (English surname): Josephs, Josephson
  • Jos.
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Joseph is the 313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 100,959 individuals. Joseph is most common among Black (54.2%) individuals.
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ʒo.zɛf/
Proper noun src :
  • Joseph m
  • Joseph (biblical figure)
  • a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Joseph m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josephs)
  • Alternative spelling of Josef
 

Popularity of the name Joseph

Number of JOSEPH births per year

Popularity of the name Joseph
Popularity of the name Joseph

Total births of Joseph by country

Births with the first name Joseph
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
2,647,256
6,097
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
378,205
480
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
184,802
283
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
99,161
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
24,692
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
19,284
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
15,722
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
14,829
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
10,827
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
4,644
4
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
3,461
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
3,180
10
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
2,910
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1,681
5
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
1,018
1
CLChili
2010 - 2021
978
3
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
836
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
554
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
534
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
523
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
441
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
266
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
219
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
145
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
109
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
78
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
6
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Joseph

Total births of Joseph by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Joseph
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
7,771
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
1,307
0
FRFrance
2022
786
0
AUAustralia
2022
375
0
ONOntario
2019
238
0
DEGermany
2022
136
0
IEIreland
2022
106
0
ITItaly
2021
74
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
74
0
CLChili
2021
66
0
ABAlberta
2022
58
0
QCQuebec
2022
53
0
BEBelgium
2022
45
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
35
0
SESweden
2022
31
0
NLNetherlands
2022
28
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
24
0
ATAustria
2021
22
0
DKDenmark
2022
15
0
PLPoland
2022
7
0
NONorway
2022
5
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
2
0
ARArgentina
2015
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Joseph

There are 2630 personalities with the first name Joseph

Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Businessperson Poet Entrepreneur Singer Record producer Singer-songwriter Musician Songwriter Voice actor Film director Model Dancer Art collector Film actor Recording artist Philanthropist Autobiographer

Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.) src

United states of america
Lawyer Politician University teacher International forum participant

Charles De Gaulle (Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle) src

France
Military officer Statesperson Memoirist Military theorist

Benoît Xvi (Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) src

Germany Vatican city
Catholic priest University teacher Pianist Religious writer Theologian Catholic deacon Philosopher

Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard Kipling) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Screenwriter Writer Poet War correspondent Journalist Children's writer Autobiographer Science fiction writer Novelist

Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Joseph Hitchcock) src

United states of america United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Screenwriter Cinematographer Television producer Television director Film director Film producer Director Film editor Film actor Producer

Joseph Haydn src

Holy roman empire
Composer Conductor Pianist Musicologist

Joseph Goebbels (Paul Joseph Goebbels) src

Nazi germany
Politician Propagandist Demagogue

David Beckham (David Robert Joseph Beckham) src

United kingdom
Actor Entrepreneur Association football player Model Blogger

Joseph Fourier (Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier) src

France
Writer Engineer Physicist Mathematician Historian University teacher Archaeologist Official


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Joseph
Full list of personalities with the first name Joseph

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Joseph

There are 6327 actors and actresses with the first name Joseph
Joseph Cartigiano
Joseph Di Stefano
Joseph Cohen
Joseph Hynes
Joseph Furnace
Joseph Newman
Joseph Tribuzio Jr.
Joseph Baena
Joseph Castanon
Joseph Gabriel
Joseph Ashworth
Joseph Duggar
Joseph Karre
Joseph Sykes
Joseph Mckerricher
Joseph E.G. Barrett
Joseph Snell
Joseph Rhys Blake
Joseph Lee Anderson
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Acosta
Joseph Mcmanners
Joseph Zita
Joseph Barratt
Joseph Biggel
Joseph Paul Branca
Joseph Pentz
Joseph Mahler Taylor
Joseph Aston
Joseph Chauncey Reaves

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Joseph
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Joseph

Rankings of first name JOSEPH by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#30US United State of America2022
#45ON Ontario2019
#46GB United Kingdom2021
#61NZ New Zealand2022
#61AU Australia2022
#62IE Ireland2022
#63AB Alberta2022
#88FR France2022
#118BC British Columbia2022
#123QC Quebec2022
#180CL Chili2021
#215IT Italy2021
#244BE Belgium2022
#269DK Denmark2022
#275AT Austria2021
#282SE Sweden2022
#373CH Switzerland2021
#396DE Germany2022
#447NO Norway2022
#460PL Poland2022
#533NL Netherlands2022
#539CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#1284AR Argentina2015
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name JOSEPH (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Joseph
JOSENPHJOSENYJOSEPJOSEPAJOSEPABLOJOSÉPABLOJOSEPEJOSEPEDROJOSEPFJOSEPG JOSEPH JOSEPH.TRISTAN.BUGNETJOSEPHAJOSEPHANTHONYJOSEPHATJOSEPHEJOSEPHERJOSEPHIJOSEPHIEJOSEPHINJOSEPHINA

Other girls' names around Joseph
JOSENIRAJOSENISEJOSENITAJOSENITEJOSENTINOJOSENYJOSENYTHJOSEOSCARJOSEPJOSEPA JOSEPH JOSEPHAJOSÉPHAJOSEPHATJOSEPHEJOSÈPHEJOSEPHENJOSEPHENEJOSEPHFINAJOSEPHIAJOSEPHIE

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