Joseph
Meaning: Its source is Yosef, a Hebrew name meaning "The Lord's addition (to the family)."
Languages: This boy's name is used in English and French.
Alternative Spellings: Josephe
Non-English Forms: Giuseppe, Jose, Josef, Josif, Josip, Jozef, Yousef, Yousuf, Yusef, Giussepe, Joop, Osip, Yusuf, József, Józef, Iosif, Ioseph, Susai and Iosef
Source Forms: Yosef
Popularity: The name Joseph ranked 7th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics, 9th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census and 10th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1994 US Census.
This name is highly rated both on the 1990 U.S. Census list and in state data recording the most popular baby names.
Narrative: Joseph of the Jewish scriptures was the youngest son of Jacob, and wearer of what a modern stage version of his story calls the ''technicolor dream coat.'' Sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers, he used his prophetic and administrative powers to achieve a position in which he ruled the country in Pharaoh's name. When his brothers sought help from Egypt during a famine, Joseph answered their treachery with forgiveness.
Christians also use this name in honor of another Joseph, foster-father of Jesus. The Bible relates little about him besides his carpenter's trade, his faith in God's messages, and his care for his child and his wife, Mary. He is a revered symbol of trusting patience and vigilant protection.
Arts and Music
- Joseph Barbera (born 1911)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and the Flintstones (see list of Cartoonists)
- Joseph Esherick
- 1989 American Institute of Architects gold medal winner (see list of Winners of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal)
- Joseph Nicephore Niepce
- A member of the International Photography Hall of Fame (see list of International Photography Hall of Fame)
- Joseph ''King'' Oliver (born 1885, died 1938)
American jazz musician.
- Cornetist and band leader (see list of Critics' Picks for the Jazz Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Paxton (born 1801, died 1865)
English architect.
- Designed the Crystal Palace in London (see list of Miscellaneous Architects)
- Joseph Schwantner
- 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music)
- Joseph Stella (born 1877, died 1946)
American Cubist painter.
- Painted Brooklyn Bridge (see list of 20th-century Modern Artists)
Leadership
- Joseph Alvinczy, Baron von Borberek (born 1735, died 1810)
Austrian field marshal.
- Defeated by Napoleon at Arcole and Rivoli (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)
- Joseph P. Bradley
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1870-92 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Joseph W. Byrns
U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1935-36 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Joseph G. Cannon
U.S. Representative from Illinois.
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1903-11 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Joseph L. Dionne
- CEO of Fortune 500 company McGraw-Hill (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph C. Farrell
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Pittston (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph T. Gorman
- CEO of Fortune 500 company TRW (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph W. Hatchett
American judge.
- Circuit Judge, Eleventh Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
- Joseph Hewes
- Signer, Declaration of Independence, North Carolina (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
- Joseph Joffre (born 1852, died 1931)
French field marshal.
- Hero of the battle of the Marne, 1914 (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
- Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-49, 1953-54 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
- Joseph B. Kershaw
Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- General in the Army of Northern Virginia (see list of Some Confederate Generals of the Army of Northern Virginia)
- Joseph R. Lamar
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1911-16 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Joseph H. Lemieux
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Owens-Illinois (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph R. McCarthy (born 1908, died 1957)
American legislator who led congressional investigations into alleged communist conspiracies.
- U.S. senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
- Joseph McKenna
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1898-25 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Joseph M. McLaughlin
American judge.
- Circuit Judge, Second Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
- Joseph Neubauer
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Aramark (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph A. Pichler
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Kroger (see list of 1999 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Kroger (see list of 2000 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Kroger (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph Rotblat (born 1908)
Polish-born British physicist and nuclear-disarmament activist.
- 1995 Nobel Prize Winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
- Joseph D. Sargent
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Guardian Life Of America (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Joseph Smith (born 1805, died 1844)
American religious leader.
- Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church (see list of Religious Leaders)
- Joseph Story
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1811-45 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Joseph B. Varnum
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1807-11 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
Miscellaneous
- Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (died 1996)
American religious leader.
- 1996 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- Joseph M. Carey
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Joseph's Coat
- Variety of rose (see list of Rose Names)
- Chief Joseph (died 1904)
Nez-Percé leader who tried to take his people to Canada when the U.S. government forced them from their ancestral home. Indian name: In-Mut-Too-Yah-Lat-Lat.
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- St. Joseph
Husband of Mary. A carpenter who raised Jesus as his son.
- Appears in the Gospels (see list of Biblical Names from the New Testament)
- Joseph
Son of Jacob and Rachel. Sold into slavery in Egypt, he gained a place of power there by interpreting Pharaoh's dreams.
- Appears in Genesis (see list of Biblical Names from the Old Testament)
- Joseph M.A.H. Luns
- 1984 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- Joseph G. McCoy
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Russ
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Madame Joseph Schwartz
- Vareity of rose (see list of Rose Names)
- Joseph Wiseman (born 1918)
Canadian actor.
- Born in Montreal, Quebec (see list of Famous Canadians)
Science and Philosophy
- Joseph P. Allen
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Discovery (1984) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
- Joseph Campbell (born 1904, died 1987)
American historian.
- Wrote extensively on mythology and folklore (see list of Historians)
- Joseph L. Doob
American mathematician.
- 1979 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Joseph Erlanger (born 1874, died 1965)
American physiologist known for his work on nerve fibers.
- 1944 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Herbert Gasser (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
- Joseph Foss
U.S. Marine bomber pilot in World War II.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (born 1778, died 1850)
French chemist.
- Studied the combination of gasses and the composition of organic compounds (see list of Chemists)
- Joseph L. Goldstein
American physiologist known for his work on cholesterol metabolism.
- 1985 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Michael Brown (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
- 1988 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Joseph O. Hirschfelder
- 1975 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Joseph B. Keller
- 1988 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Joseph P. Kerwin
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Skylab 2 (1973) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
- Joseph Lister (born 1786, died 1869)
British surgeon for whom Listerine is named.
- Pioneered antiseptic surgery (see list of Medical Practitioners)
- Joseph E. Murray
American physician who preformed the first kidney transplant in 1954.
- 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with E. Donnall Thomas (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
- Joseph Priestley (born 1733, died 1804)
British chemist and theologian.
- Discovered oxygen (see list of Chemists)
- Joseph Schumpeter (born 1883, died 1950)
German economist.
- Wrote Business Cycles (see list of Economists)
- Joseph R. Tanner (born 1950)
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Atlantis (1994), Discovery (1997) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
- Joseph H. Taylor
American physicist who helped discover a binary pulsar.
- 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Russell A. Hulse (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
- Joseph J. Thomson (born 1856, died 1940)
British physicist who discovered the electron.
- 1906 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
Sports
- Joseph Asboth
- 1947 French Open tennis champion (see list of French Open Tennis Champions)
- Joseph Barthel
Luxembourgian athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
- Joseph Brennan
American basketball player.
- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1974 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Guillemot
French athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
- Joseph R. Hunt
- 1943 U.S. Open tennis champion (see list of U.S. Open Tennis Champions)
- Joseph Kelly
- Member of the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame (see list of Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Keter
Kenyan athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 3000m Steeplechase (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
- Joseph De Pietro
American athlete.
- 1948 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 56kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
- Joseph Floyd ''Arky'' Vaughan
American baseball player. His nickname is a short form of the name of his birth state, Arkansas.
- 1935 National League Batting Champion (see list of National League Batting Champions)
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Joseph Verdeur
American athlete.
- 1948 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m breaststroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
Stage and Screen
- Joseph Barbara
- Actor on soap opera ''''Another World'''' (see list of Performers on ''Another World'')
- Joseph Cotten (born 1905)
American actor.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Joseph Fiennes
English actor
- Starred in Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth (see list of see Hollywood Freshmen)
- Joseph Losey (born 1909, died 1984)
American director, writer and producer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909, died 1993)
American actor, writer, director and producer.
- Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director: 1949, for Letter to Three Wives; 1950, for All About Eve (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Joseph Mascolo
- Actor on soap opera ''''Days of Our Lives'''' (see list of Performers on ''Days of Our Lives'')
- Joseph C. Phillips
- Actor on soap opera ''''General Hospital'''' (see list of Performers on ''General Hospital'')
- Joseph M. Schenck (born 1878, died 1961)
Russian-born American movie executive and producer.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Joseph Schildkraut (born 1895, died 1964)
Austrian actor.
- 1937 Academy Award winner for his performance in Life of Emile Zola (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Joseph Szegeti
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
The Literary World
- Joseph Addison (born 1672, died 1719)
English poet, essayist, journalist and statesman.
- Wrote ''''On the Scale of Being'''' (see list of Writers of the Restoration and 18th Century)
- Joseph Robert Brentwood
Fictional character.
- Hap''s cousin and a state patrolman in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)
- Joseph Brodsky (born 1940, died 1996)
Russian poet who emigrated to the U.S.
- 1987 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
- Poet Laureate of the U.S., 1991-92 (see list of United States Poets Laureate)
- Joseph Conrad (born 1857, died 1924)
English novelist of Polish origin. Original name: Josef Konrad Koreniowski.
- Wrote Heart of Darkness (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
- Joseph J. Ellis
American historian.
- 1997 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
- Joseph Hall (born 1574, died 1656)
English prelate and poet.
- Wrote Characters of Virtues and Vices (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
- Joseph T. Hallinan
- 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
- Joseph Heller (born 1923, died 1999)
American novelist.
- Wrote Catch-22 (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
- Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
- 1987 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation (see list of Winners of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation)
- Joseph Kramm (born 1907)
American playwright, actor, and director.
- 1952 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for The Shrike (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
- Joseph Krumgold (born 1908, died 1980)
American children's writer.
- Two-time Newbery Medal winner, in 1954 for . . . And Now Miguel and in 1960 for Onion John (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
- Joseph Wood Krutch (born 1893, died 1970)
American essayist and critic.
- 1955 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for The Measure of Man (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
- Joseph P. Lash (born 1909, died 1987)
American biographer.
- 1972 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for Eleanor and Franklin (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
- 1972 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Eleanor and Franklin (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
- Joseph Lelyveld
- 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
- Joseph A. Livingston
- 1965 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
- Joseph Martin
- 1959 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
- Joseph Wambaugh (born 1937)
American novelist.
- Wrote The New Centurions (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
- Dr. Joseph Wanless
Fictional character.
- The ''''Mad Doctor'''' who experimented with Lot Six in Stephen King''s novel Firestarter (see list of Characters in Firestarter)
- Joseph B. White
- 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for Beat Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Josie
- Jo Jo
- Jo Mama
- Pal Joey
- Joe Blow
- Mo Jo
- Jo Jo from Kokamo
- Joey Bowie
- Whoa Joe
- Flowy Joey
- Jofus
- Sloppy Joe
- Josephino Boparino
- Joey-Doey-Kangaroo
- Slow-Mo Joe
- G.I. Joe
- Doughy Joey
- Low Joe
- Slow Joe
- Meet Joe Black
- Doe Doe
- Yo Jo
- Blowy Joey
- Joe, Joe, Whaddya Know?
- Tow Joe
- Ordinary Joe
Associations:
''Little Joe in the snow'' is cocaine.
''Joe Schmo'' is a slang term for a jerk or an unpleasant person.
''Joe Citizen,'' ''Joe Blow'' and ''Joe Doakes'' all refer to a typical male representitive of the general public.
Meaning: Its source is Yosef, a Hebrew name meaning "The Lord's addition (to the family)."
Popularity: The name Joseph ranked 1362nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.
This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it could owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
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