József (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjoːʒɛf]) is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Joseph.
Gender | masculine |
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Language(s) | Hungarian |
Name day | March 19 |
Other gender | |
Feminine | Jozefa |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Meaning | 'he will add' |
Other names | |
Nickname(s) | Józsi, Jóska |
Cognate(s) | Yosef |
Anglicisation(s) | Joseph |
Notable people bearing this name include:
- József Braun (also known as József Barna; 1901–1943), Hungarian Olympic footballer
- József Csermák (1932–2001), Hungarian hammer thrower and 1952 Olympic champion
- József Darányi (1905–1990), Hungarian shot putter
- József Daróczy (1885–1950), Hungarian film director
- József Deme (born 1951), Hungarian sprint canoer
- Baron József Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (1813–1871) was a Hungarian writer and statesman, Minister of Education of Hungary
- József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951) was a Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament
- József Garami (born 1939), Hungarian football manager and former player
- József Gráf (born 1946), Hungarian engineer and politician
- József Györe (1902–1985), Hungarian communist politician, Interior Minister between 1952 and 1953
- József Háda (1911–1994), Hungarian football goalkeeper
- József Horváth (disambiguation)
- József Kanta (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
- József Kasza (1945–2016), ethnic Hungarian Serbian politician, economist and banker, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-2004)
- József Kovács (disambiguation)
- József Kristóffy (1857–1928), Hungarian politician, Interior Minister between 1905 and 1906
- József Künsztler (1897–1951), Hungarian footballer and manager
- József Madarász (1814–1915), Hungarian lawyer and politician
- József Mészáros (1923–1997), Hungarian footballer and manager
- József Moravetz (1911–1990), Romanian footballer
- József Munk, Hungarian Olympic medalist swimmer
- József Nagy (disambiguation), various Hungarian athletes
- József Pálinkás (born 1952), Hungarian atomic physicist and politician, Minister of Education between 2001 and 2002
- József Rácz (born 1957), Hungarian physician, psychiatrist
- József Rády (1884–1957), Hungarian fencer
- József Remecz (1907–1989), Hungarian discus thrower
- József Sir (1912–1996), Hungarian sprinter
- József Szlávy (1818–1900), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1872 to 1874
- József Szabó (born 1969), Hungarian retired swimmer and 1988 Olympic champion
- József Szájer (born 1961), Hungarian politician
- József Széll (1880–1956), Hungarian politician, Interior Minister between 1937 and 1938
- József Tóth (disambiguation)
- József Varga (disambiguation)
- József Várszegi (1910–1977), Hungarian javelin thrower
- József Vida (born 1963), Hungarian hammer thrower
- József Viola (1896–1949), Hungarian football player and coach, also known as Giuseppe Viola in Italy