Josip () is a male given name largely found among
Croats
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and
Slovenes
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, a cognate of
Joseph.
In
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, the name Josip was the second most common masculine given name in the decades up to 1959, and has stayed among the top ten most common ones throughout 2011.
Notable people named Josip include:
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Ruđer Josip Bošković, Ragusan physicist
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Josip Bozanić, Croatian cardinal
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Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president
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Josip Frank, Croatian politician
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Josip Globevnik
Josip Globevnik (born December 6, 1945, in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian mathematician.
Globevnik graduated in 1968 and obtained his PhD in 1972 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (FNT) of University of Ljubljana. He ...
, Slovenian mathematician
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Josip Golubar, Croatian footballer
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Josip Hatze, Croatian composer
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Josip Jelačić, Croatian ban
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Josip Katalinski, Bosnian footballer
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Josip Kozarac, Croatian writer
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Josip Manolić, Croatian politician
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Josip Marohnić, Croatian emigrant activist
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Josip Plemelj
Josip Plemelj (December 11, 1873 – May 22, 1967) was a Slovenes, Slovene mathematician, whose main contributions were to the theory of analytic functions and the application of integral equations to potential theory. He was the first chancel ...
, Slovenian mathematician
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Josip Projić, Serbian footballer
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Josip Račić, Croatian painter
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Josip Skoblar, Croatian former player and football manager
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Josip Skoko, Australian soccer player
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Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian bishop and politician
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Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
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Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer
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Josip Vranković, Croatian basketball coach
See also
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Josif
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Josef (given name) Josef is a variant of the masculine given name Joseph, notably used in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland. The name also appears in Scandinavia. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts
*Josef Abrhám (1939–2022), Czech ac ...
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Josipović
References
Slovene masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Masculine given names
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