Josefa
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God will increase; Spanish feminine form of Joseph.
Josefa by the numbers
Josefa was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 84 babies in 1925, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Josefa, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josefa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Josefa, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Josefa
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