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Giuseppe

English translation/equivalent: Joseph

Origin: Derived from the Hebrew Yoseph, taken in turn from yasaph "to add," and meant to convey the wish that "God adds (increases) the family (by means of sons and daughters)."

Name Day/Onomastico: March 19—in honor of St. Joseph, putative father of Christ.

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