Josephina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɑsɪˈfaɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Josephina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Latinate variant of Josephine.
- NLNetherlands1 in 250(measured from records)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 2K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 13K
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 217 (measured from records)
- 1 in 250 (inferred from the name graph)
69,247 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latinate variant of Josephine.
Sources 2
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Josephina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 69,247 | 1 in 250 | 67K | Josephina | 43 |
| TZ Tanzania | #568 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Josephina | 16 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Josephina | 15 |
| US United States | — | 4,030 | 1 in 83K | 4K | Josephina | 217 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Josephina | 18 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Josephina | 30 |
| SE Sweden | — | 212 | 1 in 48K | 212 | — | 8 |
69,247 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (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)
- Josephina Therese Zürcherb. 1866CHSwiss medic (1866–1932)
- Archduchess Margaretha of Austriab. 1894UAnot in their usual nameAustro-Tuscan Imperial and Royal (1894-1986)
- Fien de la Marb. 1898NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress and comedian (1898-1965)
- Lode Vetsb. 1899BEnot in their usual nameBelgian viola player and composer (1899–1970)
- Mathilde Schroyensb. 1912BEnot in their usual nameBelgian politician (1912-1996)
- Riet Roosen-van Peltb. 1934NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician
- Jopie Troostb. 1942NLnot in their usual nameDutch swimmer
- Marie-José de Grootb. 1966NLnot in their usual nameDutch rower
- Cecile Janssensb. 1968NLnot in their usual nameDutch epidemiologist
- Josephina SykesROfilm producer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 67K | #21 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 14K | #278 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4K | #4,566 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2.2K | #645 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 212 | #5,033 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 117 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 53 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #4,566 |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Josephina mean, and where does it come from?
- Latinate variant of Josephine. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- What are other forms of the name Josephina?
- In the etymology graph, Josefina, Josephine and Josefa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Josephina?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɑsɪˈfaɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Josephina have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 69 thousand people named Josephina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled josephina.
- Where is Josephina most common?
- Josephina is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 250 people carrying it.
- Is Josephina a male or female name?
- Josephina 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.
- How common is the name Josephina?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 69,247 people named Josephina, about 1 in 250 residents.
- How common is Josephina compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Josephina is the 568th most common given name of 37,285 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/josephinaThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Josephina” — the 568th most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.