Iosebi
A Hebrew name meaning "god will increase". Only 89 men in Poland carry it, and boys are hardly ever given it now, so meeting one would stick with you.
Iosebi Pronunciation
Iosebi is pronounced yo-SE-bee (/jɔˈsɛbi/).
What Iosebi means
Where Iosebi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Iosebi reaches back to a Hebrew root. It is the Georgian form of Joseph, and both descend from Yosef, the name carrying the sense "god will increase." This meaning is not a later gloss. It sits at the origin, a wish about what is still to come.
In Polish the same idea reads niech bóg pomnoży, may God add to what a household already holds. The verb looks forward, toward a family growing larger. Every Joseph, in any spelling, draws on that source. Iosebi simply wears a Georgian coat.
The ending -i marks the Georgian nominative case. On an official form at the urząd, the name would stand apart from the Polish spellings around it. Three syllables, Hebrew at the base.
How many people are named Iosebi
1 in 239845 men in Poland is named Iosebi. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3722 among male names.