Given name
Joséphine
“God shall add”
In French use, Joséphine 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, Joséphine 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, Joséphine 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, Joséphine is used as a feminine counterpart of Joseph. In French use, Joséphine 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
In French use, Joséphine 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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Joséphine’s family of names
Joséphine has an affectionate form in Josette. Joséphine is a feminine form of Joseph. In French usage, Joséphine has a conventional equivalent in the English form Josephine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Joséphine has relatives in 18 languages.
17 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joséphine
- Joséphine JobertFrench actress and singerborn 1985
- Joséphine JapyFrench actressborn 1994
- Joséphine FodorFrench opera singer1789–1870
- Joséphine Guidy WandjaCameroonian Ivorian mathematicianborn 1945
- Joséphine PagnierFrench ski jumperborn 2002
- Joséphine Ndagnouactressborn 1964
- Joséphine de MeauxFrench actressborn 1977
- Joséphine de La BaumeFrench actor, singer and modelborn 1984
- Joséphine OuédraogoBurkinabé sociologistborn 1949
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