Yosef
[joʊˈsɛf]Meaning
Hebrew form of Joseph
Background Story
Yosef is the Hebrew form of Joseph, from the Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf). It is also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph and Yosseph, and is the Hebrew equivalent of the Arabic Yusuf and the source of the English name Joseph. The name is used in Albanian, Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Armenian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Biblical, Biblical Greek and Biblical Latin.
Temperament
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