Josephine (name)
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| Josephine | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | "The Lord increases" |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Related names | Joseph, Joey, Joe, Joseie, Josef |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
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Josephine is a female given name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine. This is the feminine form of the name Joseph, which is taken from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning The Lord increases.
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It was originally a diminutive form of the French name Joséphe, and eventually became the standard form in the 19th century, replacing Joséphe, which eventually became a very rare name. Josephine is now the 260th most popular name in the USA. Diminutive forms of this name include Fifi, Jo, Josie, Joetta and Jojo, an Irish version "Seosaimhín", the Spanish version "Josefina" and the Greek version Iosiphina (Greek: Ιωσηφίνα).
[edit] Nicknames
Jo, Joey, Josie, Joss, Finetta, Sephine, Sefina, Sefi, Seppina, Fifi, Jojo, Fin
[edit] Male
Main article: Joseph (name)
- Joséphin Péladan (1858-1918), French novelist and martinist
[edit] People with the given name Josephine
- Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, Princess of Belgium, 1927–2005
- Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen of Sweden
- Josephine Baker, dancer, actress, and singer
- Josephine Bakhita, ex-slave from Sudan, Catholic nun and saint
- Joséphine Balsamo a.k.a. Countess Cagliosto, fictional character
- Josephine Bell, English author
- Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan (1824–1893), French actress
- Josephine Cox (born 1938), author
- Josephine Foster, American folk singer
- Josephine Clara Goldmark, American reformer
- Josephine Sophia White Griffing, American social reformer
- Josephine Hopper, wife and model of painter Edward Hopper
- Josephine Humphreys, American novelist
- Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb, American philanthropist
- Josephine Shaw Lowell, American social reformer
- Josephine Mitchell (born 1965), Australian actress
- Josephine Preston Peabody, American writer
- Josephine Ruffin, early civil rights activist and suffragist
- Josephine Sparre
- Josephine Tey, mystery writer
[edit] Songs about Josephine
- Hello, Josephine by Fats Domino
- My Girl Josephine by Fats Domino
- Ride on Josephine by George Thorogood
[edit] See also
- Josephine
- Josephine Williams
- Josephine “Jo” March, protagonist of the novel Little Women
- Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk, short story by Franz Kafka
