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English NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Josephus.

Name formation documented in dictionary sources

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Language / origin
English
Gender context
Boy
Letters
8
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
3
First letter
J
Evidence layers
2

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT

The story behind Josephus

Josephus is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Josephus.

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

Tagalog

  • /ˈd͡ʒosefus/Standard-Tagalog
  • [ˌd͡ʒoː.sɛˈfʊs]Standard-Tagalog
  • /ˈd͡ʒosepus/with nativization
  • [ˌd͡ʒoː.sɛˈpʊs]with nativization
  • /ˈdjosepus/with nativization
  • [ˌd̪joː.sɛˈpʊs]with nativization

Jo · se · phus3 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Cebuano

  • /d͡ʒoˈsephus/
  • [d͡ʒoˈs̪ip.hʊs̪]

Jo · se · phus3 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

English

  • /ˈd͡ʒəʊˈsiːfəs/Received-Pronunciation
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

1

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Josephus in the birth records

Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Josephus appears in the PSA top-ten tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Related forms & spellings

Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.

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  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Josephus (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  4. Wiktionary contributors — Josephus (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  5. Wiktionary contributors — Josephus (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

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