Josephine is a female given name. It is the English version of the French name Joséphine. This is the feminine form of the name Joseph, which is taken from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "Jehovah increases".
It was originally a diminutive form of the French name Joséphe, and eventually became the standard form in the 19th century, replacing Joséphe, which eventually became a very rare name. Josephine is now the 260th most popular name in the USA. Diminutive forms of this name include Fifi, Jo, Josie, Joetta and Jojo, an Irish version "Seosaimhín", the Spanish version "Josefina" or Josephina and the Greek version Iosiphina (Greek: Ιωσηφίνα). Also spelled Yosefina and Gosefine. The Swedish version is Josefine.
The name started gaining popularity after 1800 due to the high profile of Josephine de Beauharnais, a French noblewoman who became Napoleon's mistress, and later his wife.
جوزفين (Arabic)
Жазэфіна, Žazefina (Belarusian)
约瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Simplified)
約瑟芬, Yuēsèfēn (Chinese Traditional)
Jozefina, Finka, Ina (Croatian)
Jozefien, Josefien, Fien (Dutch)
Josephina (English)
Josefine (German)
Ιωσηφίνα, Io̱si̱fína (Greek)
જોસેફાઈન, Jōsēphā'īna (Gujarati)
Josefiina (Finnish)
Joséphine, Fifi, Josette, Josiane (French)
ג'וזפין (Hebrew)
जोसफिन, Jōsaphina (Hindi)
Jozefina, Jozefin, Jozefa (Hungarian)
Giuseppina (Italian)
ジョセフィン, Josefin (Japanese)
ಜೋಸೆಫೀನ್, Jōsephīn (Kannada)
조세핀, Josepin (Korean)
Џозефин, Džozefin (Macedonian)
Жозефина, Jozyefina (Mongolian)
जोसेफिन, Jōsēphina (Nepali)
ژوزفین (Persian)
Józefina (Polish)
Josefina (Portuguese)
Жозефина, Zhozefina (Russian)
Јосефина, Josefina (Serbian)
Josefina (Spanish)
Josefina (Swedish)
ஜோசபின், Jōcapiṉ (Tamil)
జోసెఫిన్, Jōsephin (Telugu)
โจเซฟิน, Cosefin (Thai)
Жозефіна, Zhozefina (Ukrainian)
דזשאָסעפינע, Dzşʼásʻpynʻ (Yiddish)
Fi, Fientje, Fifi, Fike, Fina, Jael, Jo, Joephy, Joey, Joja, Jojo, Jos, Josa, Josie, Jossan, Jovi, Johnny, Jussus, Juza, Peppa, Posy, Sefi, Sefina, Sephine, Sophie, Anne and Zeph.
Joséphin Péladan (1858–1918), French novelist and martinist
Josephine Meeker (1857–1882), American teacher and physician
Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, Princess of Belgium, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen of Sweden
Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress Consort of the French, Queen Consort of Italy, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte
Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, Princess of Carignano
Princess Josephine of Baden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, wife of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
Princess Josephine of Denmark, Danish princess
Josephine Bakhita, ex-slave from Sudan, Catholic nun and saint
Josephine Bell, English author
Josephine Baker, American dancer, jazz and pop singer
Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan (1824–1893), French actress
Josephine Brunsvik, Hungarian countess, most likely Beethoven's Immortal Beloved
Josephine Butler, British feminist and reformer
Josephine Cox (born 1938), UK author
Josephine Foster, American folk singer
Josephine Clara Goldmark, American reformer
Josephine Sophia White Griffing, American social reformer
Josephine Hopper, wife and model of painter Edward Hopper
Josephine Humphreys, American novelist
Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb, American philanthropist
Josephine Shaw Lowell, American social reformer
Josephine Lucchese (1893–1974), American opera singer.
Josephine Mitchell (born 1965), Australian actress
Josephine Preston Peabody, American writer
Josephine Ruffin, early civil rights activist and suffragist
Josephine Siao, Hong Kong actress
Josephine Skriver, Danish model
Josephine Sparre
Josephine Tewson, British actress
Josephine Tey, mystery writer
Josephine 'Jo' Williams, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Josephine Bloom, a character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2003 film Big Fish
Josephine Balsamo, a.k.a. Countess Cagliosto, antagonist of Arsène Lupin in novels
Josephine, Captain Corcoran's daughter in the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore
Josephine "Jo" March, protagonist of the novel Little Women
Josephine Joey Potter, in the television series Dawson's Creek
Dr Josephine Jo Wilson, in the television series Grey's Anatomy
Josephine Cherette Montilyet, the Chief Ambassador and Diplomat in Dragon Age Inquisition.
