Josepha
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About Josepha
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.
Pronounced jo-SEF-uh.
As of October 2026, Josepha ranked #17446 in US births in 2016 SSA, peaked at #1030 in 1894.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Josepha on lists
Famous Josephas
- Maria Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippine
last 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 Ambrosia
Queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain
- Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria of Saxony
Dauphine of France as wife of Dauphin Louis; mother of Louis XVI
- María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide
Princess of Mexico
- Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelika Margarete
Princess 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 Duschek
Bohemian opera singer
- Josepha Weber Hofer
Austrian opera singer and sister,in,law of Mozart
- Josepha Sherman
American novelist
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer
Austrian pianist and composer
- Sarah Josepha Hale
author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna
birth name of Marie Antoinette of France
Josepha in pop culture
- Josèpha
from Balzac's 1847 novel La Cousine Bette ("singer and tart; mistress to Hulot")