Given name & surname
Pepa
“(God) shall add”
Pepa is used as a given name and a surname. Pepa is connected with Josefa.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pepa is a diminutive of Josef. Josef means “(God) shall add.”
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Where it comes from
Pepa is a diminutive of Josef. Josef comes from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
In Spanish use, Pepa is used as an affectionate form of Josefa.
The story
In Czech use, Pepa is a diminutive of Josef. The history of Josef gives this family its wider story. Josef has historical associations with the Habsburg dynasty.
Explained through its name family
Pepa’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Pepa is a diminutive of Josefa. In Spanish usage, Pepa shares a linguistic root with Pepe. Pepa has a related form in Pepita.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pepa has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 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.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pepa
- La Terremoto de AlcorcónSpanish singer, actressborn 1977
- Pepa RusSpanish singerborn 1985
- Pepa PedrocheSpanish actorborn 1967
- Pepa NosCzech guitarist and singerborn 1949
- Pepa PochCatalan artistborn 1960
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