Yosef

Where Yosef comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf), equivalent to Joseph.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yosef
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn born
    Russian orthodox rabbi
  2. 1881
    Yosef Haim Brenner born
    Russian-born Hebrew-language author
  3. 1951
    First appearance
    #3,364 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2024
    Peak, #606
    470 babies named Yosef — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Yosef Haim Brenner · Russian-born Hebrew-language author, 1881–1921
  • Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn · Russian orthodox rabbi, 1880–1950
  • Yosef Hayyim · Iraqi rabbi, 1833–1909
  • Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi · Jewish historian, 1932–2009
  • Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld · rabbi and Charedi Council of Jerusalem co-founder, 1848–1932

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.