Josephina

“Variant of Josephine — He shall add or grow” — Hebrew via French origin

Girl's name · #1743 in the US (2025) · Trending

Josephina is climbing: on the charts since 1912, it is ranked #1743 in 2025, with about 120 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,500 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Josefina (#1891), Josephina would rank around #1092 with about 220 births last year — the newborns split about 53/47 between Josephina and Josefina.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Josephinas

Josephina Therese Zürcher — Swiss medic (1866–1932)
Josephina Kalleo — Canadian visual artist

In stories & tradition

Josephina Flint — Wizarding World Digital

What Josephinas become

Among 16 notable people named Josephina:

Similar names: Josette · Sinai · Joselyn · Serafina · Azariyah · Hosanna

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