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Josepha

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Feminine variation of Joseph
"Jehovah increases"

Josepha Origin and Meaning

The name Josepha is a girl's name of Hebrew, German origin meaning "Jehovah increases".

Josepha is less heard in this country than in other parts of the world, seen as a slightly awkward feminization a la Ricarda and Benjamina. In the U.S., Josephine or Joanna is the more usual feminine form of Joseph, though you might consider Josepha if you want to break rank.

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Famous People Named Josepha

  • Maria Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippinelast Queen of Poland by marriage to Augustus III
  • Maria Josepha of Bavaria (Marie Josephe Antonie Walburga Felicitas Regula)Holy Roman Empress as wife of Joseph II
  • Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia AmbrosiaQueen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain
  • Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria of SaxonyDauphine of France as wife of Dauphin Louis; mother of Louis XVI
  • María Josepha Sophia de IturbidePrincess of Mexico
  • Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelika MargaretePrincess of Saxony; Archduchess of Austria
  • Maria Josepha (Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina)Infanta of Portugal, Duchess in Bavaria
  • Josepha DuschekBohemian opera singer
  • Josepha Weber HoferAustrian opera singer and sister,in,law of Mozart
  • Josepha ShermanAmerican novelist
  • Josepha Barbara AuernhammerAustrian pianist and composer
  • Sarah Josepha Haleauthor of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
  • Maria Antonia Josepha Johannabirth name of Marie Antoinette of France

Josepha in Pop Culture

  • Josèphafrom Balzac's 1847 novel La Cousine Bette ("singer and tart; mistress to Hulot")