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Josephine

OriginFrench feminine variation of Joseph, Hebrew
Meaning"Jehovah increases"
GenderGirl

About Josephine

Variation of Fifi

3 syllables.

As of September 2026, Josephine ranked #53 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #21 in 1916, Nameberry popularity #55.

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Famous Josephines

  • Josephine de Beauharnais (born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie)

    Empress of France, wife of Napoleon

  • Josephine of Leuchtenberg

    Queen of Sweden and Norway

  • Joséphine

    Charlotte Stéphanie Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie,José Marguerite Astrid, Princess of Belgium; Grand Duchess consort of Jean of Luxembourg

  • Josephine Friederike Luise

    Princess of Baden; Princess of Hohenzollern

  • Joséphine Caroline Marie Albertine

    Princess of Belgium

  • (Marie) Joséphine Thérèse

    Princess of Lorraine; Princess of Carignan

  • Josephine Elizabeth Butler

    English feminist and reformer

  • Josephine Foster

    American folk singer

  • Josephine Clara Goldmark

    American reformer

  • (Freda) Josephine Baker

    American singer/dancer/actress

  • Joséphine Marie Stéphanie Victoire

    Princess of Belgium; twin of sister Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette; daughter of Princes Philippe of Flanders

  • Josephine Tey

    pen name of Scottish novelist Elizabeth Mackintosh

  • Josephine Siao

    Hong Kong actress

  • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

    American journalist

  • Josephine Preston Peabody

    American writer

  • Josephine Skriver

    Danish model

  • Josephine "Josie" Griffiths

    English actress

  • Josephine Tomic

    Australian cyclist

  • Josephine "Josie" Cohan Niblo

    American actress

  • Josephine Archer Cameron (b. 1993)

    daughter of director James Cameron and actress Linda Hamilton

  • Josephine Colette Almond (b. 2006)

    Daughter of author Steve Almond

  • Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda (b. 2011)

    Princess of Denmark; Countess of Monpezat; daughter of Crown Prince Frederik; twin of brother Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander

  • Josephine Elizabeth Weil

    Adelstein (b. 2011), daughter of actress Liza Weil and Paul Adelstein

  • Josephine Kate Gavigan (b. 2016)

    daughter of actress Jessica Capshaw

  • Joséphine Jobert

    French actress and singer

  • Josephine Langford

    Australian actress

Josephine in pop culture

  • Josephine "Jo" March

    character in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"

  • Josephine "Josie" McCoy

    character in the "Josie and the Pussycats" series, the Archie comics, and the TV show Riverdale

  • Josephine "Joey" Potter

    character on TV's "Dawson's Creek"

  • Josephine LaRue

    character on TV's "The Originals"

  • Dr. Josephine "Jo" Wilson

    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"

  • Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi

    character in Melina Marchetta's "Looking for Alibrandi"

  • Josephine Barry

    character in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series

  • Josephine Muscat

    character in Joanne Harris' "Chocolat"

  • Aunt Josephine Anwhistle

    character from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

  • Grandma Josephine

    character in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

  • Josephine "Josie" Cormier

    character in "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult

  • Josephine "Josie" Griffin

    character in "Josie Griffin is Not a Vampire" by Heather Swain

  • Josephine "Josie" Jones

    character on British TV series "Fresh Meat"

  • Josephine Bell

    character in "The House Girl" by Tara Conklin

  • Josephine Cherette Montilyet

    a major character in the video game "Dragon Age: Inquisition"

  • Josephine Delamarre

    main character on French TV's "Joséphine, ange gardien"

  • Josephine "Josie" Sheridan

    character in Erin McCahan's "Love and Other Foreign Words"

  • "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine

    " 1911 popular song written by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan

  • "Josephine

    " song by Brandi Carlile

  • "Josephine

    " song by Stefie Shock

  • Josephine "Josie

    " Abaddon's vessel on "Supernatural"

  • Josephine "Joey" Mullen

    character in "Watching you" a novel by Lisa Jewell

  • Josephine "Jo" Chambers

    main character in series "A Girl Named Jo"

Variations & nicknames

  • SeosaimhínIrish Gaelic
  • JosefanaSpanish
  • GiuseppinaItalian
  • HosefinaSpanish
  • JosefineGerman
  • JózefinaPolish
  • JosefinaSpanish

More nicknames

  • Jo
  • Josie
  • Seph
  • Sephie
  • Josey
  • Josie
  • Joey
  • Joie
  • Posey
  • Posie
  • Posy

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