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Origin & history of Yossef1
Biblical / Hebrew / Jewish roots
Yossef comes from the Biblical / Hebrew / Jewish tradition, meaning God shall add, increase. | Formal: God will add to. | Note: Yossef is an alternate spelling of the name Joseph..
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How popular is Yossef?
2014
peak year
The name Yossef reached its peak in 2014, with 13 registrations (ranked #6618). It had only entered records 17 years earlier, in 1997. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #11075) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Yossef's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 169 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
13
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #6,618)
(ranked #6,618)
7
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
70
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
169
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Yossef8
Life path number
The Achiever
Ambition, authority and material mastery.
💼Achiever
👑Authoritative
💰Business-minded
🏆Resilient
Y7
O6
S1
S1
E5
F6
Sum: 26 → Life path 8
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Personality of Yossef💼
Built for success
They don't dream of achievement — they plan for it.
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Commanding presence
They walk in and people notice.
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Strategic mind
Always three moves ahead.
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Unbreakable
Setbacks sharpen them. Resilience is in their DNA.
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