Josephine
A girls’ name of Hebrew/French origin, meaning God will add.
How Josephine has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #131 |
| 2016 | #114 |
| 2017 | #107 |
| 2018 | #91 |
| 2019 | #89 |
| 2020 | #87 |
| 2021 | #72 |
| 2022 | #70 |
| 2023 | #64 |
| 2024 | #56 |
| 2025 | #53 |
Josephine by the numbers
In 2025, 182 babies in England and Wales were named Josephine. In the US, 2,791 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,683 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 130 American girls born that year was called Josephine.
Names that come from Josephine
Forms of Josephine in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josiegod increases; diminutive of Josephine1,524 in the US (2017)
- Joselynngod will increase; a form of Josephine50 in the US (2017)
- Jogod will increase; a form of Josephine49 in the US (2017)
- Joziegod increases; diminutive of Josephine42 in the US (2017)
- Josettegod will increase; diminutive of Josephine41 in the US (2017)
- JozelynGod will increase; a form of Josephine or Jocelyn12 in the US (2017)
- Joselynegod will increase; a form of Josephine11 in the US (2017)
- JossieGod increases; diminutive of Joseph or Josephine10 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josephine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Josephinagod shall increase; feminine form of Joseph102 in the US (2017)
- JosaphineGod will increase; a variant of Josephine9 in the US (2017)
- Josephynevariant of Josephine, god shall increase8 in the US (2017)
- Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 in the US (2017)
- Josefinegod increases; a form of Josephine17 in the US (2017)
- Josefinagod will increase; feminine form of Joseph81 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Josephine, 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 Josephine
Nobody has voted for Josephine yet
Vote for Josephine and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Josephine