“Joseph” is a timeless and widely recognized name with variants in many languages, each reflecting the unique linguistic and cultural characteristics of its region. In this article, we’ll explore how the name “Joseph” is said in 70 different languages, from the most commonly spoken to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “Joseph” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Jozef | Pronunciation: Yo-zef
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يوسف (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հովսեփ (Hovsep) | Pronunciation: Hov-sep
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Yusif | Pronunciation: Yoo-sif
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Joseba | Pronunciation: Ho-se-ba
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Язэп (Yazep) | Pronunciation: Ya-zep
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – যোসেফ (Jōsēpha) | Pronunciation: Jo-sheph
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Josip | Pronunciation: Yo-sip
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Йосиф (Yosif) | Pronunciation: Yo-sif
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Josep | Pronunciation: Zho-sep
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Josef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Josef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Jozef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Joseph | Pronunciation: Joh-sef
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Joosep | Pronunciation: Yo-sep
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – یوسف (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Joosef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- French (🇫🇷) – Joseph | Pronunciation: Zho-zef
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – იოსებ (Ioseb) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-seb
- German (🇩🇪) – Josef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ιωσήφ (Iosif) | Pronunciation: Ee-o-seef
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – יוסף (Yosef) | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जोसेफ (Joseph) | Pronunciation: Jo-sef
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – József | Pronunciation: Yo-zhef
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Jósef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Yosef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Seosamh | Pronunciation: Sho-sav
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Giuseppe | Pronunciation: Joo-sep-peh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ジョセフ (Josefu) | Pronunciation: Joh-seh-fu
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жүсіп (Zhүsip) | Pronunciation: Zhoo-sip
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – យ៉ូសែប (Yosap) | Pronunciation: Yo-sap
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 요셉 (Yosep) | Pronunciation: Yo-sep
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Yusuf | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жусуп (Jusup) | Pronunciation: Joo-soop
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຍູສຸຟ (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Jāzeps | Pronunciation: Yah-zeps
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Juozapas | Pronunciation: Yoo-oh-zah-pas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Jousef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Јосиф (Josif) | Pronunciation: Yo-sif
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Yusuf | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ġużeppi | Pronunciation: Joo-zeppi
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 约瑟夫 (Yuēsèfū) | Pronunciation: Yoo-eh-suh-foo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – जोसेफ (Joseph) | Pronunciation: Jo-sef
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Иосеф (Iosef) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-sef
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जोसेफ (Joseph) | Pronunciation: Jo-sef
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Josef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – یوسف (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – یوسف (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Józef | Pronunciation: Yoo-zef
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – José | Pronunciation: Zho-zeh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Iosif | Pronunciation: Yo-seef
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Иосиф (Iosif) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-sif
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Јосиф (Josif) | Pronunciation: Yo-sif
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ජොසප් (Josap) | Pronunciation: Jo-sap
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Jozef | Pronunciation: Yo-zef
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Jožef | Pronunciation: Yo-zhef
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Yuusuf | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – José | Pronunciation: Ho-seh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Yusufu | Pronunciation: Yoo-soo-foo
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Josef | Pronunciation: Yo-sef
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Юсуф (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – யோசேப்பு (Yōcēppu) | Pronunciation: Yo-cheppu
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – జోసెఫ్ (Joseph) | Pronunciation: Jo-sef
- Thai (🇹🇭) – โยเซฟ (Yosef) | Pronunciation: Yo-sep
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yusuf | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Йосип (Yosyp) | Pronunciation: Yo-sip
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – یوسف (Yusuf) | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yusuf | Pronunciation: Yoo-soof
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Giuse | Pronunciation: Zhoo-se
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Joseff | Pronunciation: Jo-sef