Josefina

Meaning: He shall add or grow
Origin: Variant of Josephine (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1891 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Josefina holds its lane: charted since 1887 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1891 in 2025). About 14,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#33 in Czechia (2025) · #210 in Austria (2025) · #325 in Mexico (2024) · #885 in Sweden (2025) · #1,280 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,742 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,184 in England & Wales (2025).

Famous Josefinas

Josefina Plá — Paraguayan sculptor, ceramist, dramatist, poet, and historian (1903–1999)
Josefina Molina — Spanish film director
Josefina Sruoga — Olympic field hockey player
Josefina Vázquez Mota — Mexican politician
Josefina de Latorre — Spanish actor, singer, novelist, poet (1907–2002)

In stories & tradition

Josefina Bishop — Leo Nardo Stands Alone (TV episode)

What Josefinas become

Among 350 notable people named Josefina:

Entertainers appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Josefina Molina, Spanish film director.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Josephina (#1743), Josefina would rank around #1092 with about 220 births last year — the newborns split about 53/47 between Josephina and Josefina.

Similar names: Josephina · Rosario · Joselyn · Catarina · Juana · Manuela

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