First names in Hebrew

First name Yosef: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוסף

Gematria value: 156

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Yosef is written יוסף

Meaning and origin

What does Yosef mean?

Meaning: "he will add"
Origin: Hebrew

Yosef is the Hebrew name of Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob and the first of Rachel. After long years without a child, Rachel names him praying: "May God add to me another son" (Genesis 30:24). Your name means "he will add".

Gematria

Yosef = 156

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יוסף has 4 letters:

• יthe letter Yod10
• וthe letter Vav6
• סthe letter Samekh60
• ףthe letter final Pe80
• Total156

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter final Pe

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Yosef, from י to ף:

יֵעָזְבוּ יַחְדָּו לְעֵיט הָרִים וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְקָץ עָלָיו הָעַיִט וְכׇל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָף׃

“They will be left together for the birds of prey of the mountains and for the beasts of the earth; the birds will summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.”

Isaiah 18:6

The book of your first name

Yosef, in nine pages

• Yosef, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Yosef
• Yosef, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Yosef in three answers

How do you write Yosef in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Yosef is written יוסף.

What is the gematria value of Yosef?
Written יוסף, Yosef is worth 156: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter final Pe (80).

What does Yosef mean?
He will add (origin: Hebrew). Yosef is the Hebrew name of Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob and the first of Rachel. After long years without a child, Rachel names him praying: "May God add to me another son" (Genesis 30:24). Your name means "he will add".