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Joséphine female given name
Also known as Joséphine (first name), Joséphine (given name)
Josephine is a female name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine, itself a female variant of the name Joseph, which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "he shall add/grow".
Article Josephine is a female name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine, itself a female variant of the name Joseph , which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yosef (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף), meaning "he shall add/grow".
Contents Variations Originally a diminutive form of the French name Josèphe, Joséphine became the standard form in the 19th century, replacing Josèphe, which eventually became a very rare name. In 2017, Josephine was the 107th most popular girls' baby name in the US. 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 Josefin or 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 Jozefina, Xhozefina, Gjozefina, Gjyzepina (Albanian)
جوزفين (Arabic)
Жазэфіна, Žazefina (Belarusian)
Josefina, Fina, Josefa (Catalan)
约瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Simplified)
約瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Traditional)
Josipa, Jozefina, Finka, Ina (Croatian)
Josefine (Danish)
Jozefien, Josefien, Fien (Dutch)
Josephine, Josephin (English)
Josefiina (Finnish)
Joséphine, Fifi, Josette, Josiane (French)
Josefine (German)
Ιωσηφίνα, Io̱si̱fína (Greek)
જોસેફાઈન, Jōsēphā'īna (Gujarati)
ג'וזפין (Hebrew)
जोसफिन, Jōsaphina (Hindi)
Jozefina, Jozefin, Jozefa (Hungarian)
Yosephine, Josefa, Josepha, Josephira, Josephine, Josephina, Yosefin, Yosefina, Josefina, Yosepha, Finka, Ina (Indonesian)
Giuseppina (Italian)
ジョセフィン, Josefuin (Japanese)
ಜೋಸೆಫೀನ್, Jōsephīn (Kannada)
Nicknames Jobe, Joby, JJ, Jowse, Jody, Jossan, Fi, Fientje, Fifi, Fike, Fina, Jael, Jo, Joephy, Joey, Joja, Jojo, Jos, Josa, Josie, Josy, Jovi, Johnny, Jussus, Juza, Pepi, Peppa, Phinie, Posey, Posy, Posie, Sefi, Sefina, Sephie, Sephine, Sophie, Ephine, Effy, Jo-Z, Joan, Jayla, Jay, Fini, Fine, Finka, Finni.
People with the given name Josephine Royalty Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005), Princess of Belgium, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807–1876), Queen of Sweden
Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814), Empress of France, Queen Consort of Italy, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte
Princess Joséphine of Lorraine (1753–1797), Princess of Carignano
Josephine of Rosenborg (1942–2013), Countess, member of Denmark's Royal Family
Princess Josephine of Baden (1813–1900), Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872–1958), wife of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
Princess Josephine of Denmark (born 2011), Danish princess
Other Joséphin Péladan (1858–1918), French novelist and martinist
Josephine Abady (1949–2002), American stage director, film director, and producer
Josephine Abercrombie (1926–2022), American horsewoman, businesswoman, boxing promoter, and philanthropist
Josephine Adreon (1844–1911), American landscape painter
Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American dancer, jazz and pop singer
Josephine Bakhita (1869–1947), ex-slave from Sudan, Catholic nun and saint
Josephine Balmer (born 1959), British poet and translator
Josephine Baerveldt-Haver (1868–1945), Dutch women's suffrage activist
Josephine Bell (1897–1987), English author
Josephine Thorndike Berry (1871–1945), American educator, home economist
Josephine Beatrice Bowman (1881–1971), US Navy nurse
Josephine Bracken (1876–1902), Filipina wife of José Rizal
Josephine Brandell (1887–1977), Austrian-Jewish actress
Josephine Brunsvik (1779–1821), Hungarian countess, most likely Beethoven's Immortal Beloved
Jo Budd (born 1961), British textile artist
Josephine Bulmer (born 1996), Australian canoeist
Fictional characters Josephine Balsamo, a.k.a. Countess Cagliosto, antagonist of Arsène Lupin in novels
Dr Josephine Jo Karev, in the television series Grey's Anatomy
Josephine Joey Potter, in the television series Dawson's Creek
Josephine Montilyet, in the video game Dragon Age Inquisition
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Џозефин, Džozefin (Macedonian)
ജോസഫൈൻ, Josephine (Malayalam)
Жозефина, Jozyefina (Mongolian)
जोसेफिन, Jōsēphina (Nepali)
Жозефина, Zhozefina (Russian)
Јосефина, Josefina (Serbian)
Josefina, Josefine, Josefin (Swedish)
జోసెఫిన్, Jōsephin (Telugu)
Жозефіна, Zhozefina (Ukrainian)
דזשאָסעפינע, Dzşʼásʻpynʻ (Yiddish)
Josephine Bunch, British physicist
Josephine Butler (1828–1906), British feminist and reformer
Joséphine Calamatta (1817–1893), French painter
Josephine Cashman, Aboriginal Australian lawyer and entrepreneur
Joséphine Cavallini, known as Fifi Turin (1913–1944), French war resistor killed by Gestapo
Josephine Chaplin (1949–2023), American actress
Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913), American inventor
Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892), French children's writer, lyricist, translator
Josephine Cox (1938–2020), English author
Josephine Dias (born 1948), Indian Eucharistic minister and actress
Josephine Dillon (1884–1971), American actress and drama teacher
Joséphine de La Baume (born 1984), French actress
Josephine Dunn (1906–1983), American actress
Josephine Earp (1861–1944), American common-law wife of Wyatt Earp
Josephine Ann Endicott (born 1950), Australian dancer
Jo Fletcher (academic), New Zealand professor of education
Josephine Clay Ford (1923–2005), granddaughter of Henry Ford
Josephine Forsman (born 1981), Swedish drummer and member of Sahara Hotnights
Josephine Foster, American folk singer
Josephine Frigge (born 1993), Swedish footballer
Josephine Garcia, American politician
Josephine Clara Goldmark (1877 – December 15, 1950), American reformer
Josephine Sophia White Griffing (1814–1872), American activist
Josephine Healion (born 1995), Irish para-cyclist
Josephine Henry (1846–1928), American women's rights leader, suffragist, social reformer and writer
Josephine Herrick (1897–1972), American photographer, humanitarian, entrepreneur and teacher
Josephine R. Hilgard (1906–1989), American developmental psychologist
Josephine Ho (born 1951), Taiwanese academic and feminist
Josephine Hoey (1822–1896), Anglo-American stage actress
Josephine Højbjerg (born 2003), Danish actress
Josephine Hopper (1883–1968), American painter and model
Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), American novelist
Josephine Hutchinson (1903–1998), American actress
Josephine Irwin (1890–1984), American suffragist
Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American-Canadian poet
Joséphine Jobert (born 1985), French actress and singer
Josephine Kane, British academic and historian of architecture
Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917), Belgian activist, social reformer, editor
Josephine Gates Kelly (1888–1976), Native American activist and politician
Josephine Kermode (1852–1937), Manx poet and playwright
Josephine Klein (1926–2018), German-born British psychologist
Josephine Alstrup Kofod (born 1999), Danish politician
Josephine Lacson-Noel, (born 1967), Filipino politician
Josephine Lang (1815–1880), German composer
Josephine Langford (born 1997), Australian actress
Josephine Lemoyan, Tanzanian sociologist and politician
Joséphine Léno, Guinean educator, trade unionist and politician
Josephine Lips (born 1976), Australian former representative rower
Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843–1905), American reform leader and philanthropist
Josephine Lucchese (1893–1974), American opera singer
Josephine MacLeod (1858–1949), American devotee of Swami Vivekananda
Josephine Mandamin (1942–2019), Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of water protectors
Josephine McGill (1877–1919), American composer and music historian
Josephine Meckseper, German artist
Josephine Medina (1970–2021), Filipino table tennis player
Josephine Meeker (1857–1882), American teacher and physician
Josephine Melville (1961–2022), British actress, director and writer
Josephine Miles (1911–1985), American poet and academic
Josephine Mitchell (born 1965), Australian actress
Josephine Moon, Australian author
Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb (1816–1901), American philanthropist
Josephine R. Nichols (1838–1897), American lecturer and temperance reformer
Josephine Obermann (born 1983), German curler
Joséphine Pagnier (born 2002), French ski jumper
Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922), American poet
Josephine Amelia Perkins (born c. 1818), British horse thief and prisoner
Josephine Corliss Preston (1873–1958), American educator and politician
Josephine Roberto (born 1977), Filipina songwriter, actress and music producer
Josephine Robinson Roe (1858–1946), American mathematician and university professor
Josephine Ryan (1884–1977), Irish nationalist
Josephine Siao (born 1947), Hong Kong actress
Josephine E. Sizer (1862–1937), American temperance reformer
Josephine Skriver (born 1993), Danish model
Josephine Sparre (1829–1892), Swedish noble
Josephine Spencer (1861–1928), American writer, journalist and political activist
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842–1924), American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor
Josephine Staton (born 1961), American judge
Joséphine Teakarotu (born 1969), French Polynesian politician
Josephine Tewson (1931–2022), British actress
Josephine Tey (1896–1952), Scottish author
Josephine "Josie" Valeri (born 2001), American soccer player
Josephine Waconda (1935–2013), American nurse and administrator
Josephine Ward (1864–1932), British writer
Josephine Wiggs (born 1965), British musician
Josephine "Jo" Williams (born 1948), British businesswoman
Josephine Wratten (born 1992), British rower
Josephine McDonald Yarbrough (1879–1961), American writer and clubwoman
Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or 1859–1912), American chemist
