Josef

Where Josef comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Josef.

Josef through the years
  1. 1835
    Josef Stefan born
    Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet
  2. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,162 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1911
    Josef Mengele born
    Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz
  4. 1984
    Peak, #663
    170 babies named Josef, its best rank.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,829.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Joseph.
Namesakes
  • Josef Mengele · Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz, 1911–1979
  • Josef Stefan · Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet, 1835–1893
  • Josef Čapek · Czech painter and writer, 1887–1945
  • Josef Albers · German-American designer, painter, educator and typographer, 1888–1976
  • Josef Masopust · Czech footballer, 1931–2015

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.