Josephine (first name)

Joséphine is a redirect to this article. For the film of the same name see Joséphine (film) .

Josephine is a feminine given name .

Origin and meaning

Josephine is the extension of the feminine given name Josefa, the feminine form of the male given name Josef - (Hebrew ) and means: God adds / may increase

Name days

• October 26 ( Josephine Leroux )
• February 8 ( Josefine Bakhita )
• March 19 ( Joseph of Nazareth )

variants

Josefin, Josefina, Josefine, Joséfine, Josephina, Joséphine; also: Fina, Fini, Finja, Finnja, Josi, Josie , Josy, Josey, Jo, Finette, Finne, Fine, Josette, Josianne, Josina, Josl, Pepi, Phini, Jossica, Finchen, Jozefína, Josáe (Slovak), Fifi (French), Joe, Yosephine, Phine, Jojo, Jozefin, Jozephin, Josephin, Jose, Finika

Well-known namesake

• Josephine Angelini (* 1975), American author
• Josephine von Baden (1813–1900), Princess of Baden
• Josephine of Belgium (1872–1958), Princess of Belgium and, by marriage, Princess of Hohenzollern
• Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American-French dancer
• Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814), first wife of Napoleon
• Joséphine de Beauharnais the Younger (1807–1876), Queen of Sweden and Norway
• Josephine Brandell (1891–1977), English opera singer and actress
• Josephine Brunsvik (1779–1821), Hungarian countess and alleged lover of Beethoven
• Josephine Butler (1828–1906), British feminist
• Josephine Byrnes (* 1966), American-Australian actress
• Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913) American inventor
• Josephine Chaplin (* 1949) American actress and daughter of Charlie Chaplin
• Josephine Farrington , Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (1940-2018), British politician (Labor Party)
• Josephine Fock (* 1965), Danish politician
• Josephine Haas (1783–1846), German benefactress
• Josephine Henning (* 1989), German soccer player
• Josephine Hull (1877–1957), American actress
• Josephine Jacob (* 1981), German actress
• Josephine Caroline Lang (1815–1880), German song composer and singer of the Romantic era
• Josephine Levy-Rathenau (1877–1921), social worker and pioneer of the German women's movement
• Josephine McKim (1910–1992), American swimmer and actress
• Josephine Meckseper (* 1964) German conceptual artist
• Josephine Oniyama (* 19 ..), British soul singer
• Josephine Schlanke (* 1988), German soccer player
• Josephine Schmidt (* 1980), German actress
• Joséphine Serre (* 1982), French film and television actress
• Josephine Siebe (1870–1941), German editor and children's book author
• Josephine Tey (1896–1952), British crime writer
• Josephine Wessely (1860–1887), Austrian actress
• Josephine Witt (* 1993), German political activist

Josefina:

• Josefina Benedetti (* 1953), Venezuelan composer
• Josefina Halein (1904–1990) German politician (KPD)
• Josefina Lavalle (1924–2009), Mexican ballet dancer, choreographer and former ballet director
• Josefina Pla (1903–1999), writer and potter from Paraguay
• Josefina Rodríguez de Aldecoa (1926–2011), Spanish writer
• Josefina Vannini (1859–1911), Italian nun and founder of the order
• Josefina Vázquez Mota (* 1961), Mexican politician (PAN)
• Josefina Vidal (* 1961), Cuban diplomat
• Josefina Vilsmaier (* 1992), German actress

Josefine:

• Josefine von Artner (1869–1932), Austrian-German opera singer and singing teacher
• Josefine Bakhita (1869–1947), saint of the Roman Catholic Church
• Josefine Cronholm (* 1971), Swedish singer of modern jazz
• Josefine Domes (* 1981), German musician and actress
• Josefine Dora (1867–1944), Austrian actress
• Josefine Gallmeyer (1838–1884), Austrian actress and theater director
• Josefine Hawelka (1913–2005), Austrian coffee house legend
• Josefine Klee-Helmdach (1903–1994), German radio editor, theater actress and speaker
• Josefine Kramer-Glöckner (1874–1954), Austrian folk actress and soubrette
• Josefine von Krepl , (* 1986), German fashion journalist and fashion designer
• Josefine Preuss (* 1986), German actress
• Josefine Schalk (1850-1919), German painter

Josefin:

• Josefin Brink (* 1969), Swedish socialist politician
• Josefin Kipper (1928–1981), Austrian actress
• Josefin Lillhage (* 1980), Swedish swimmer
• Josefin Ljungman (* 1981), Swedish actress
• Josefin Pettersson (* 1984), Swedish ice hockey player
• Josefin Schneider (* 1997), German diver

Josephin:

• Josephin Busch (* 1986), German actress and singer

Fictional namesake

• Josefine Mutzenbacher , fictional character from the novel of the same name
• Josefine, mouse in Franz Kafka's story Josefine, the singer or the people of the mice
• Josefine, also Finchen, Schnecke in the TV series Sesame Street