my name

I was named after my dad's grandpa his name was Joseph also. There is no real reasons behind it, it just was given to me in memory of him. My middle name Walter was given to me in memory of my grandpa's brother Walter who died from cancer when we was 57. According to one website defining my name; it means Joseph god will increase, another sites meaning is god shell add. The origin of the name Joseph is Hebrew. In Hebrew The meaning of the name Joseph is: May Jehovah. St Joseph of Arimathea undertook the burial of Jesus. In the bible Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery and later rose to become a supreme power in Egypt.