Josephine (given name)

Josephine is a female given name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine. In Greece the female name Josephine is (Io̱si̱fína) and is used mainly on the island of Crete in Greece. The feminine form of the name Joseph, which is taken from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "(YHWH) shall grow."

Josephine, Josefina
Pronunciation/ˈdʒoʊsəfiːn, -zə-/
French: [ʒozefin]
German: [joːzəˈfiːnə]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
Meaning"(Jehovah) shall grow"
Other names
Related namesJoseph, Joey, Joe, Josie, Josef

Variations

Originally a diminutive form of the French name Joséphe, Joséphine became the standard form in the 19th century, replacing Joséphe, which eventually became a very rare name. In 2017, Josephine was the 107th most popular girls' baby name in the USA.[1] Diminutive forms of this name include Fifi, Jo, Josie, Joetta and Jojo. Other language variants include the Irish version Seosaimhín, the Spanish version Josefina or Josephina, and the Greek version Iosiphina (Greek: Ιωσηφίνα). Alternate spellings include Yosefina and Gosefine. The Swedish version is Josefine.

The name started gaining popularity after 1800 due to the high profile of Joséphine de Beauharnais, a French noblewoman who became Napoleon's mistress and later his wife and Empress of the French.

Translations
  • جوزفين (Arabic)
  • * ג'וזפין (Hebrew)
  • Жазэфіна, Žazefina (Belarusian)
  • 约瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Simplified)
  • 約瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Traditional)
  • Jozefina, Finka, Ina (Croatian)
  • Jozefien, Josefien, Fien (Dutch)
  • Josephine, Josephin (English)
  • Josefine (German)
  • Josefine (Danish)
  • Ιωσηφίνα, Io̱si̱fína (Greek)
  • જોસેફાઈન, Jōsēphā'īna (Gujarati)
  • Josefiina (Finnish)
  • Joséphine, Fifi, Josette, Josiane (French)
  • जोसफिन, Jōsaphina (Hindi)
  • Jozefina, Jozefin, Jozefa (Hungarian)
  • Giuseppina (Italian)
  • ジョセフィン, Josefin (Japanese)
  • ಜೋಸೆಫೀನ್, Jōsephīn (Kannada)
  • 조세핀, Josepin (Korean)
  • Џозефин, Džozefin (Macedonian)
  • Жозефина, Jozyefina (Mongolian)
  • जोसेफिन, Jōsēphina (Nepali)
  • ژوزفین (Persian)
  • Józefina (Polish)
  • Josefina (Portuguese)
  • Жозефина, Zhozefina (Russian)
  • Iosefina (Samoan)
  • Јосефина, Josefina (Serbian)
  • Josefina (Spanish)
  • Josefina (Swedish)
  • ஜோசபின், Jōcapiṉ (Tamil)
  • జోసెఫిన్, Jōsephin (Telugu)
  • โจเซฟิน, Cosefin (Thai)
  • Жозефіна, Zhozefina (Ukrainian)
  • דזשאָסעפינע, Dzşʼásʻpynʻ (Yiddish)

Nicknames

Jobe, Jowse, Fi, Fientje, Fifi, Fike, Fina, Jael, Jo, Joephy, Joey, Joja, Jojo, Jos, Josa, Josie, Jossan, Jovi, Johnny, Jussus, Juza, Pepi, Peppa, Phinie, Posy, Posie, Sefi, Sefina, Sephine, Sophie, Ephine, Effy, Jo-Z

Male
Main article: Joseph (name)

People with the given name Josephine

Royalty

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
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