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Girl · Hebrew, through French
Josée
Say it: zhoh-ZAY
Meaning
A French feminine of Joseph, from Hebrew 'he will add'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Characteristic of Quebec in the 1960s and 1970s; much rarer in France.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 556 babies given this name since 1960
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 46,500 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Josefa |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.