Quote Originally Posted by morris86 View Post
ah i see , thank you for your reply. what about iosif? im changing my name like i said to embrace my heritage but i dont know my dads names so i cannot use them. my question was , what russian middle & second name could i personally choose and use along side joseph
Iosif (Иосиф) is a Russian transliteration of the Biblical Jew name, it's not Russian. As I said Russian version is Осип (Oh-seep) but it's very rare nowdays. I have no idea how middle or second names formed (we don't have them in Russia) so I just don't know how I can help you, sorry.