Given name & surname
Josèphe
“God shall add”
In French use, Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. Yosef means “God shall add,” traditionally understood as a hope that God would add another son to the family.
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Where it comes from
In French use, Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. Joseph is the English and French form of the Hebrew name Yosef.
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How it developed
In French use, Josèphe is used as a feminine counterpart of Joseph. In French use, Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. The shared background comes through Joseph: The English and French name continues the biblical Hebrew form Yosef. The idea of adding is part of the name’s original family context, rather than a later personality interpretation.
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The story
In French use, Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. The history of Joseph gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Joseph is Jacob’s son who is taken to Egypt and later reconciled with his brothers. In the New Testament, Joseph is also the husband of Mary, giving the name a distinct place in Christian tradition.
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Josèphe’s family of names
In English usage, Josèphe has a diminutive in Josephine. Josèphe is a feminine form of Joseph. In French usage, Josèphe has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form Josefa.
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Around the world
Josèphe has relatives in 13 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Josephmasculine form · French
- JosefaSlovene, Portuguese
- JozefaSlovene, Breton
- GiuseppaItalian
- JosephaEnglish
- JózefaPolish
- Ио́сифаRussian
- ΙωσήφηGreek
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