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Joseph

Male Meaning:: May God give abundance.
Origin:: Scottish
Male Meaning:: May Jehovah add/give increase. St Joseph of Arimathea undertook the burial of Jesus (in Holy Grail lore). In the bible Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery and later rose to become a supreme power in Egypt. Also Jesus' legal father.
Origin:: Hebrew
Male Meaning:: Increase; addition
Origin:: Biblical
Male Meaning:: May God give abundance.
Origin:: English
Gender:: Boy

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