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Josephine
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/
Rank in 2024
#56
Born in 2024
3,746
Peak year
1918 · #24
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
Vintage revivalIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,746 girls were named Josephine, about 1 in every 431.
- It peaked in 1918 with 8,682 babies, ranked #24.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 327,305 girls have been named Josephine since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Josephine per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 6.7Greatest1901–27
- 3.0Silent1928–45
- 0.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 136,651 babies, 6.68 per 1,000. Silent: 62,372 babies, 3.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 30,864 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,493 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,675 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,899 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 35,413 babies, 1.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Joséphine, diminutive of Josèphe, feminine form of Joseph. By surface analysis, Joseph + -ine. Popularized in English by Josephine Bonaparte, the empress of Napoleonic France. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/, /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/ ==== Proper noun ==== Josephine A female given name from French. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A female given name from French.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Josephine, CC BY-SA 4.0.