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 [ 3 syll. jo-sep-hi-ne, jos-eph-ine ] The girl name Josephine is pronounced JHOWSahFIYN KEY. Josephine's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English. The name Josephine means 'Yahweh will add (another son)'. Biblical name derived from the word yacaph which is of the meaning 'to add, to increase'. The generic name has been used in various contexts, including the New Testament of the Bible and the Old Testament. Also used by the twelve tribes of Israel. Josephine is the feminine version of the English, French, and German Joseph. The name Josephine is widely used; it has 37 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Josephina, Josephyna, and Josphine are English forms of the name. Other English forms include the short forms Jo and Jose (used in Dutch and too), the pet forms Fina, Jody, Joe, Joey, Josie, and Posey, and the spelling variants Josaphine, Josephene, Josephin, and Josephyne. Forms of Josephine used in foreign languages include the Italian Giuseppa, the Italian Giuseppina, the Italian Guiseppa, the Italian Guiseppina, the Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Josefa, the Scandinavian Josefin, the Spanish Josefina, the German Josepha, the French Josée, the French Joséphe, the French Joséphine, the German Josi, the French Josiane, the Frisian Josina, the Polish Jozefina, the Polish Józefa, the Polish Józefina, the Spanish Pepita, and the Italian Peppina. The pet forms Fifi (French) and Pien (Dutch), and the spelling variant Josefine (German) are other foreign forms. Josephine is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a popular baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously, and it is also regarded as trendy. At the height of its usage in 1916, 0.749% of baby girls were named Josephine. It had a ranking of #21 then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #208 with a usage of 0.078%, having regained some lost ground in the recent decade. Within all girl names in its family, Josephine was the most popular. Josephine was 44% more widely used than the next ranked name, the English Josie, in 2008. The name Josephine has been mainly given to girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. There were 118 times more girls than boys who were named Josephine in 1911. Baby names that sound like Josephine include the English Josephene, the French Joséphine, the German Jakobine, the English Josaphine, the Scandinavian Josefin, the German Josefine, the English Josephin, the English Josephyne, the Slavic Jovana, the English Jovanna, the English Joyvina, the Italian Giovanna, the Spanish Josefina, the English Josephina, the English Josephyna, the English Josphine, the English Jovan, the Polish Jozefina, the Polish Józefina, and the Italian Giovanni. A famous person named Josephine is Josephine Baker, Singer, born Freda Josephine Baker 3 June 1906 - 12 April 1975, St. Louis, Missouri. KEY: Pronunciation for Josephine: 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)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
