Josefin
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Josefin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country, where it is the 95th most common given name. Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine.
- SESweden1 in 461(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 76K
- BJBenin≈1 in 5.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- Sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- 1 in 461 (inferred from the name graph)
22,148 people
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Josefin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #95 | 22,148 | 1 in 461 | 22K | Josefin | 112 |
| BJ Benin | #262 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Josefin | 6 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 76K | 1 | Josefin | 96 |
| FI Finland | — | 815 | 1 in 6.8K | 929 | Josefin | 13 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 294K | — | Josefin | 9 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 328 | Josefin | 16 |
22,148 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the de-leipzig-vornamen register; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josefin Nilssonb. 1969SESwedish singer and actor (1969-2016)
- Josefin Brinkb. 1969SESwedish politician
- Josefin Åsbergb. 1974SESwedish art director and production designer
- Josefin Lillhageb. 1980SESwedish swimmer
- Josefin Ljungmanb. 1981SESwedish actress
- Josefin Neldénb. 1984SESwedish actress
- Josefin Johanssonb. 1988SESwedish association football player
- Josefin Olssonb. 1989SESwedish yacht racer
- Josefin Asplundb. 1991SESwedish actress
- Josefin Taljegårdb. 1995SESwedish figure skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22K | #193 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 10K | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Josefin mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Josefin have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 22 thousand people named Josefin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled josefin.
- Where is Josefin most common?
- Josefin is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 461 people carrying it.
- Is Josefin a male or female name?
- Josefin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Josefin?
- In the etymology graph, Josefina, Jo and Josephine are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Josefin?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 22,148 people named Josefin, about 1 in 461 residents.
- How common is Josefin compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Josefin is the 95th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/josefinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Josefin” — the 95th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.