Origin and meaning of Joseph

Joseph
French
Male
God Will Increase, remover
Meaning&Origin
Joseph is a French boys name.
The meaning of the name is `God Will Increase, remover`.
Where is it used?
The name Joseph is mainly used in English, French and in the bible.
It is an abbreviated form of
Juuso, used in Finnish.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Yusef (In Turkish)
José (In Spanish and in Portuguese)
Jozef (In Slovak, Slovene and in Polish)
Josif (In Serbian)
Iosif (In Russian and in Bulgarian)
Osip (In Russian)
Yousef (In Muslim)
Youssef (In Muslim)
Juozas (In Lithuanian)
Yosef (In Jewish)
Giuseppe (In Italian)
Seosamh (In Irish)
József (In Hungarian)
Josef (In German, Scandinavian, Dutch and in Czech)
Sepp (In German)
Xosé (In Galician)
Jooseppi (In Finnish)
Jozefo (In Esperanto)
John (In English and in the bible)
Jolene (In English)
Josip (In Croatian and in Slovene)
Josep (In Catalan)
Hovsep (In Armenian)
I f it's too long people might use:
In English: Joe
In English: Jo
For opposite sex use:
In Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and in Scandinavian: Josefa (F)
In Spanish: Josefina (F)
In Hungarian: Jozefa (F)
In French: Josée (F)
In French: Joséphine (F)
In French: Josephe (F)
In English and in German: Josepha (F)
See also
In Spanish: Pepe (M)
In Spanish: Pepita (F)
In Spanish: Che (M)
In Spanish: Pepito (M)
In Slovene: Joze (M)
In Portuguese: Zé (M)
In Muslim: Yusuf
In Jewish: Yussel (M)
In Italian: Beppe
In Italian: Giuseppina
In Hungarian: Józsi
In Hungarian: Jóska
In German: Seppel (M)
In French: Josiane
In French: Josette
In Esperanto: Jochjo (M)
In English: Josephina
In English: Josephine
In English: Joey (M)
In English: Joetta (F)
In Dutch: Joop (M)
Statistics
The name Joseph was given to 21265 babies in the USA in 2004. Joseph was the number 8 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 19695 babies making it the number 9 name that year.
-www.talkingbabies.com