How would you pronounce Jozef?

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How would you pronounce Jozef? As Joseph or Yo-seph?

As in Joseph - went to school with a Jozef who pronounced it Joseph

Joseph, but I'd probably be wrong.

Joseph.

I'd pronounce it Yo-Seph. That's how I said it in my head when I read the thread title.

the one I know his name is said the same as English Joseph. I often wonder why, because i'd like to say JoZeff instead.

Yo-zef. OH has spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe and my mother was from Germany so I would automatically assume it was an Eastern European name and pronounce the J as a Y.

Joseph but with a bit of a zzzz in the middle!

Yo-zef

(quite a soft 'z' though, about midway between s and z).

It's my father's name! On the continent it is pronounced Yo-zef. In english speaking countries would be same as Joseph or perhaps with zzzz sound.
I really like the name!

Josef = Joe-sef
Yosef = Yoh-sef

In other words, I'd pronounce them phonetically as written.

Yo-zef

Yo-zef. That's just because I know a Josef and that's how his family pronounce it.

Yozef

The two I know, both with Eastern European fathers, call themselves Joseph.

I would assume it was a yoo-neek spelling of Joseph. Having said that if I was told it was 'yo-zef' I wouldn't be suprised and would assume it was hispanic.

Joseph

Yo-zeph here

Yosef, although a lot of people would call him Josef

Joseph

Yozsef

My RL name has the same first letter and no... it is not a yoo-neek spelling. I insist that is it pronounced properly otherwise it just sounds silly trying to anglicise it.

Like asking a Siobahn to have her name pronounced as "see-oh-ban".

Am I making sense???

It's my FIL's name Yo-zef.

magda are you Hungarian?

I understand what you mean and my name is Siobhan, I would hate anybody trying to pronounce it phonetically. Jozef is an Eastern European name and the letter J is pronounced as a Y.

It is not a yoo-neek spelling.

I would assume that the person is from mainland Europe (Eastern Europe actually) and pronounce it Yo-zef.

Is it a family name?