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Portuguese diminutive of JOSÉ.

JOSé   male   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSEPH.
JOSEPH   male   English, French, German, Biblical
From Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add". In the Old Testament Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob and the first with his wife Rachel. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This name also occurs in the New Testament, belonging to Saint Joseph the husband of Mary, and to Joseph of Arimathea.

In the Middle Ages, Joseph was a common Jewish name, being less frequent among Christians. In the late Middle Ages Saint Joseph became more highly revered, and the name became popular in Spain and Italy. In England it became common after the Protestant Reformation. This name was borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Portugal. Other notable bearers include Polish-British author Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (1878-1953).
FULL FORMS
PORTUGUESE: José
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Yousef, Youssef, Yusef, Yusuf
ARMENIAN: Hovsep
AZERBAIJANI: Yusif
BASQUE: Joseba, Josepe
BIBLICAL GREEK: Ioseph, Ioses
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yosef
BIBLICAL LATIN: Ioseph
BIBLICAL: Joseph, Joses
BULGARIAN: Yosif
CATALAN: Josep
CROATIAN: Josip, Joško, Joso, Jozo
CZECH: Josef
DANISH: Josef
DUTCH: Jef, Joep, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Josephus, Jozef, Sjef, Zef
ENGLISH: Jo, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Joseph
ESPERANTO: Joĉjo, Jozefo
ESTONIAN: Joosep
FINNISH: Jooseppi, Juuso
FRENCH: Joseph
GALICIAN: Xosé
GEORGIAN: Ioseb, Soso
GERMAN: Jo, Josef, Joseph, Sepp, Seppel
GREEK: Iosif
HEBREW: Yosef
HISTORY: Josephus
HUNGARIAN: Jóska, József, Józsi
IRISH: Seosamh
ITALIAN: Beppe, Giuseppe, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino
LATE ROMAN: Iosephus
LATVIAN: Jāzeps
LITHUANIAN: Juozapas, Juozas
MACEDONIAN: Josif
MAORI: Hohepa
NORWEGIAN: Josef
OCCITAN: Josèp
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Iosifu
POLISH: Józef
PORTUGUESE: Zezé
ROMANIAN: Iosif
RUSSIAN: Iosif, Osip
SCOTTISH: Seòsaidh
SERBIAN: Josif
SLOVAK: Jozef
SLOVENE: Josip, Jože, Jožef
SPANISH: José, Pepe, Pepito
SWEDISH: Josef
TURKISH: Yusuf
UKRAINIAN: Yosyp
UYGHUR: Yusup
YIDDISH: Yussel
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ITALIAN: Pino
FEMININE FORMS
CROATIAN: Finka, Ina, Josipa, Jozefina, Jožica
CZECH: Josefa
DANISH: Josefine
DUTCH: Josephine, Jozefien
ENGLISH: Jo, Jodene, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joetta, Joey, Jojo, Joleen, Jolene, Josepha, Josephina, Josephine, Josie, Posie, Posy
FINNISH: Iina, Josefiina
FRENCH: Fifi, Josée, Josèphe, Joséphine, Josette, Josiane
GERMAN: Josefine, Josepha, Josephine
HUNGARIAN: Jozefa
ITALIAN: Giosetta, Giuseppa, Giuseppina, Pina
NORWEGIAN: Josefine
POLISH: Józefa, Józefina
PORTUGUESE: Josefa, Josefina
SLOVAK: Jozefína
SLOVENE: Jožefa, Jozefa, Jožica, Pepca
SPANISH: Josefa, Josefina, Pepita
SWEDISH: Josefina, Josefine