Josef
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Origin of the name Joseph:
Derived from the Hebrew yōsēf (may he add, God shall add). The name is borne in the Bible by a favorite son of Jacob and Rachel (GEN. 30), by the husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus (MATT. 1), and by Joseph of Arimathea, a rich Jew and secret follower of Jesus, who helped take Jesus' body from the cross to prepare it for burial, and supposedly took the Holy Grail to England (JOHN 19).
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Joe, Joey, Joss, Seppi, Josey, Yossi
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Josef Stalin -- 20th-century Russian dictator
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Global Popularity of the Name Josef
- #24 in Czech Republic
- #64 in Sweden
- #303 in Norway
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