Girl · Hebrew
Joséphine
Say it: zhoh-zay-FEEN
Meaning
Feminine of Joseph, from Hebrew Yosef 'he will add'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Made famous by Napoleon's empress and revived in France recently.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 314,436 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 140 girls
- 3,027 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Josephine
| English | Josephine |
|---|---|
| Italian | Giuseppina |
| French | Joséphine |
| Spanish | Josefina |
Famous bearers
- Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French
- Joséphine Baker, entertainer
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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