Josip

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph) (not from Latin Iosephus), from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yōsēṗ, “(God) shall add”).

Pronunciation

  • (Croatia) IPA(key): /jǒsip/
  • Hyphenation: Jo‧sip

Proper noun

Jòsip m anim (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀сип)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
  2. (chiefly Croatia) a male given name

Declension

Declension of Josip
singular
nominative Josip
genitive Josipa
dative Josipu
accusative Josipa
vocative Josipe
locative Josipu
instrumental Josipom

Further reading

  • “Josip”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025
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