English translation/equivalent: Josie

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.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: diminutive of Giuseppa

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