Josef is a boy's name of German origin meaning “God shall add.” In 2024 it was given to 62 boys in the United States.
Josef belongs to the German and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “God shall add” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Josef first appears in Social Security records in 1900. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #663 in 1984, and in 2024 62 babies received the name — 9,112 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Josef means “God shall add” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Josef is a boy name. In 2024, 62 babies received the name in the US.
Josef comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Josef first appears in US records in 1900. Its best-ever ranking was #663 in 1984, and 62 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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