Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Joseph m. Hebrew יוֹסֵף 'God will increase'.

The name of a Biblical patriarch, the Biblical father of Jesus, and a 1st C saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Joseph.

Austria
Latin
● 763 Joseph (nom) FRA-XXXL 1, Josephus (nom) ibid. 1
Early New High German
● 1569 Joseph (nom) ChronSH p. 12
Belgium
Dutch
● 1512 Joseph MPSA p. 53 [sic]; 1597x1598 Joseph BoonenGes p. 389, Josephs (gen) ibid. p. 372
England
Latin
● 1189 Joseph (nom) GASurv p. 114; 1377 Josep' (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5; 1591 Josephus (nom) AuFr Orssele
Dutch
● 1591 Joseph AuFr Merrisone; 1593 Joseph ibid. Vincke
Early Modern English
● 1563 Jesippe bruton1 p. 33; 1571 Joseph OrpingtonKe p. 3; 1572/3 Josephe SurMus p. 172; 1583/4 Iosephe ibid. p. 17; 1583 Joseph StAnthonlin p. 29; 1586 Joseph OrpingtonKe p. 7, StAnthonlin p. 32; 1591 Joseph BUmar-vol2 p. 141; 1595 Joseph DEmar-vol2 p. 31; 1597 Joseph StAnthonlin p. 38; 1598 Joseph DEmar-vol2 p. 38
Middle French
● 1568 Joseph WCS p. 39; 1574 Joseph ibid. p. 42; 1591 Joseph ibid. p. 23
Walloon
● 1590 Joseph RWC p. 13; 1590/1 Joseph ibid. p. 15; 1591 Joseph ibid. p. 18; 1591/2 Joseph ibid. p. 20; 1592 Joseph ibid. p. 24; 1593 Joseph ibid. p. 28; 1594/5 Joseph ibid. p. 36; 1597 Joseph ibid. p. 45; 1599 Joseph ibid. p. 52
Estonia
Middle Low German
◑ 1592 Jessa Tiik1977 p. 286, Seppo ibid. p. 286
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1582 Oseppi Audén1980 p. 172
France
Latin
● 1032x1064 Joseph (nom) LDS LXIV; 1310 Josephi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp IX
Old French
● c1294 Josephe (obl) HistHdVParis p. 125; 1313 Joseph Paris1313 p. 37
Middle French
● 1565 Joseph RegPCC-1 p. 121; 1566 Joseph ibid. p. 207
Germany
Latin
● 802 Joseppi (gen) FRA-XXXL 7
Hungary
Latin
● 1303 Joseph (nom) Slíz p. 237, s.n. Joseph; 1312 Joseph (gen) ibid. p. 237, s.n. Joseph; 1330 Joseph (abl) ibid. p. 237, s.n. Joseph
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Iosep (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 18
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Yoseppi (gen) BBC-Berg 58; 1326 Josepho (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 422; 1376 Iosepe (abl) DouGen1 p. 147; 1527 Joseph (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
Italian
● 1429–1430 Giusafa DiaryLMA p. 208
Latvia
Latin
● 1297 Yosep (dat) RigSB 267; 1299 Joseph (dat) ibid. 278
Spain
Spanish
● 1567 Joseph SanzSerrano; 1575 Jusepe Catalogo-5.2 3855; 1576 Josepe ibid. 3919
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Joseph (dat) SDHK no. 6060
Switzerland
Latin
● 1195 Josephus (nom) CartChart 2; 1220 Joseph (nom) CartHaut 37; 1248 Joseph (nom) ibid. 51
Cite as: R. Le Get, M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Joseph". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Joseph.