Josephine

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Female Female Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Nordic and German spelling of Joséphine, a French female form of Joseph [1]

Related Names

     
Jose Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Josefiina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Josefin Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Josefina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jósefína Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Josefine Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Josephin Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Josephina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Josephine Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Josofine Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jovina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Swedish
Jozefina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Juusefiina Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Fina, Ina, Josepha, Josette, Josine, Sehviina, Sophina

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1806 [2]

Namesakes

Hendes Kongelige Højhed Prinsesse Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda til Danmark, Komtesse af Monpezat (Her Royal Highness Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat), * 8th January 2011

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 3725 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 2289 4096 0 0
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 185 304 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 345 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][3][5][6]:Name statistics for Josephine(f)


Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi