Given name
Josepha
“God will add”
Josepha is a variant of Josephine. In Hebrew use, Josephine carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Josepha is a variant of Josephine. In Hebrew use, Josephine carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josepha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 407
- 0 boys · 407 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 598 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Josepha’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Josepha has a diminutive in Josina. Josepha has a related form in Josephine. In Dutch usage, Josepha has a diminutive in JOSIEN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Josepha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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