A Christian name found many times in my maternal family tree and still being passed down.
The name Joseph is a biblical name. Its earliest origins can be traced back to the Old Testament of the Bible, where it was defined as: “he will add” in Hebrew.
Origin: The name Joseph comes from the Hebrew verb yasaf (to increase).
In the Old Testament, Joseph is a favoured son of Jacob and Rachel. And in the New Testament, Joseph the carpenter has the role of father to Jesus.
I have checked back to find the Josephs in my mother’s line, start in the Partington Family in the early 1700s:
