Josephine (given name)

Josephine is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Josephine is the extension of the female given name Josefa, the feminine form of the masculine name Josef - (Hebrew ) and means: God adds / may multiply

Name Days

  • October 26

Variants

Josefin, Josefina, Josefine, Joséfine, Josephina, Joséphine; also: Fina, Fini, Finja Finnja, Josi, Josie, Josy, Josey, Jo, Finette, Finn, Fine, Josette, Josianne, Josina, Josi, Pepi, Phini, Jossica, Finchen, Jozefína, Josáe ( Slovak), Fifi (French), Joe, yosephine, Phine, Jojo, Jozefin, Jozephin, Josephin, Jose

Famous names winners

Josephine, Josephine, Josephina

  • Josephine Angelini, American author
  • Josephine of Baden (1813-1900), Princess of Baden
  • Josephine of Belgium (1872-1958), Princess of Belgium and by marriage Princess of Hohenzollern
  • Josephine Baker (1906-1975), American- French dancer
  • Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947), Holy Roman Catholic Church
  • Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), first wife of Napoleon
  • Joséphine de Beauharnais, the Younger (1807-1876), Queen of Sweden and Norway
  • Josephine Brandell (1891-1977), English opera singer and actress -
  • Josephine Brunsvik (1779-1821), Hungarian countess, putative Beethoven's Immortal Beloved
  • Josephine Butler (1828-1906), British feminist
  • Josephine Byrnes (born 1966 ), American- Australian actress
  • Josephine Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton ( born 1940 ), British politician ( Labour Party )
  • Josephine Haas (1783-1846), German benefactress
  • Josephine Henning (* 1989), German football player
  • Josephine Hull (1877-1957), American actress
  • Josephine Jacob ( * 1981 ), German actress
  • Josephine Caroline Lang (1815-1880), German Liedkomponistin and singer of romance
  • Josephine Levy -Rathenau (1877-1921), social worker and pioneer of the German women's movement
  • Josephine McKim (1910-1992), American swimmer and actress
  • Josephine Oniyama (* 19. ), British soul singer
  • Lean Josephine (* 1988), German football player
  • Josephine Schmidt ( * 1980 ), German actress
  • Joséphine Serre ( b. 1982 ), French film and television actress
  • Josephine sieves (1870-1941), German writer and children's book author
  • Josephine Tey (1896-1952), British mystery writer
  • Josephine Wessely (1860-1887), Austrian actress

Josefina, Josefine

  • Josefina Benedetti ( born 1953 ), Venezuelan composer
  • Josefina Lavalle ( born 1926 ), Mexican ballet dancer, choreographer and former ballet director
  • Josefina Pla (1909-1999), writer and potter from Paraguay
  • Josefina Rodríguez de Aldecoa (1926-2011), Spanish writer
  • Josefina Vázquez Mota ( born 1961 ), Mexican politician ( PAN)
  • Josefina Vilsmaier (* 1992), German actress
  • Josefine Cronholm (born 1971 ), Swedish singer of Modern Jazz
  • Josefine Domes (* 1981), German musician and actress
  • Josefine Dora (1867-1944), Austrian actress
  • Josefine Gallmeyer (1838-1884), Austrian actress and theater director
  • Josefine Hawes (1913-2005), Austrian coffee house legend
  • Josefine Clover Helmdach (1903-1994), German radio editor, theater actress and speaker
  • Josefine Kramer- Hunchback (1874-1954), Austrian actress and popular soubrette
  • Josefine Preuss ( born 1986 ), German actress
  • Josefine Schalk (1850-1919), German painter

Josefin, Josephin

  • Josefin Lillhage ( born 1980 ), Swedish swimmer
  • Josefin Tipper (1928-1981), Austrian actress
  • Josefin Pettersson ( born 1984 ), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Josephin Busch ( * 1986), German actress and singer

Fictitious names winners

  • Josefine Mutzenbacher, fictional character in the novel of the same name
  • Josefine, mouse in a story by Franz Kafka
  • Josefine, also Finchen, in the television series "Sesame Street"
  • Female first name
Princess Josephine of Baden Ludwig van Beethoven Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Josephine Schlanke Josephine Mutzenbacher
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