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 [ syll. jo-se-fa, jos-efa ] The boy name Josefa is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is JHOWSahFah KEY. Josefa is a Czech, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish name of Hebrew origin. Josefa is a variant of the name Joseph (English, French, and German). Josefa is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Josefa, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most regularly used in 2008. Josefa has in the past century been mostly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Josefa include Jacoby (English), Jacopo (Italian), Jooseppi (Finnish), Giacobbe (Italian), Giacopo (Italian), Giuseppe (Italian), Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakab (Hungarian), Jakeb (English), Jakiv (Russian), Jakob (English, German, and Scandinavian), Jakov (Hungarian, Russian, and Slavic), Jeffy (English), Jephthah (English and German), Jessup (English), Joab (English), Joba (Lapp), Jobo (Spanish), Joosef (Finnish), and Josef (Czech, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Yiddish). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Josefa: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
