onomasti
26
Dec

Iosif

ΙΩΣΗΦ

Iosif, in English

Kept on 26 December.

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Origin

The story of Iosif

Iosif keeps 26 December.

Ἰωσήφ renders the Hebrew Yosef“he will add.”

“He will add.”

onomasti · Iosif

Key facts

Iosif at a glance

Name day
4 name days are kept — Greek custom keeps them all
This year · 2026
Thursday, 9 April · Friday, 31 July · Saturday, 26 December · Wednesday, 30 December
Next year · 2027
Friday, 9 April · Saturday, 31 July · Sunday, 26 December · Thursday, 30 December
Meaning
Ἰωσήφ — “he will add”

Make it yours

Learn Iosif

Say it

ΙΩΣΗΦ

In English letters: Iosif · Josef

Write it

ΙΩΣΗΦ

Copy it and paste it anywhere you can’t type Greek — a text, a card, a cake.

Tell the kids

Pass it on. Tell them whose name they carry — and that this day is theirs to keep.

Χρόνια Πολλά

Send Iosif a Χρόνια Πολλά

Χρόνια Πολλά ΙΩΣΗΦ 26 Δεκεμβρίου onomasti

A name day matters more than a birthday in a Greek family — and everyone sends Χρόνια Πολλά. Here is a card to send, and the correct Greek to write, whether or not you can type it yourself.

Warm — someone close

Χρόνια πολλά!The everyday wish — “many years”.
Να τα εκατοστίσεις!“May you live to a hundred” — the traditional wish, to someone close.

Formal — an elder, or with respect

Χρόνια πολλά και ευτυχισμένα!A fuller, warmer wish — “many years, and happy ones”.
Να τα εκατοστίσετε!“May you live to a hundred” — with respect, or to more than one person.

The card and the wishes are in Greek — the way you would actually send them. We never machine-translate; these are fixed, correct greetings, and the name is woven in only where Greek grammar lets us do it without guessing.

Variations

Forms & nicknames of the name

One name takes many forms — the formal, the everyday, the affectionate, and the spellings that travelled abroad. Each has its own page here, and all share the same day.

English & romanised

you are hereIosif Josef

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