Jooseppi

Vernacular form of biblical Joosef (“Joseph”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːsepːi/, [ˈjo̞ːs̠e̞pːi]
• Rhymes: -oːsepːi
• Hyphenation^(key): Joo‧sep‧pi

Jooseppi

1. (now rare as a first name) a male given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     Tuli viimein pieni poikanen, pieni piimäparta Jooseppi, avasi oven, ja sisään astui Timo taakkoinensa, äänetönnä, katsoen oikeasti, rävähtämättä eteensä.

     Finally a boy, little milk-mustached Jooseppi, came and opened the door, and in stepped Timo with his load, not saying a word and staring unblinkingly straight ahead.

• Joosef
• Juuso
• Josefiina

• The given name Jooseppi belongs to 57 male individuals (and as a middle name to 826 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.