Josphine
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʄosphine/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Josphine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.
- KEKenya≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 12K
- USUnited States1 in 506K
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.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 102 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈37,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Josphine 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | #144 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Josphine | 42 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Josphine | 24 |
| US United States | — | 657 | 1 in 506K | 649 | Josphine | 102 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Josphine | 9 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Josphine | 12 |
| ZM Zambia | #732 | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 132K | 1 | Josphine | 7 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results. 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).
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 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 649 | #16,970 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1915 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1912 | 9 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #16,970 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1916 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1936 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1931 | 7 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Josphine?
- A machine transcription gives /ʄosphine/ (IPA) for Swahili.
- Is Josphine a male or female name?
- Josphine 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.
- In which country does Josphine have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Josphine in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled josphine.
- How common is the name Josphine?
- In the United States, the national register counted 657 people named Josphine in 2020, about 1 in 506 thousand residents.
- How common is Josphine compared with other names?
- In Kenya, Josphine is the 144th most common given name of 56,552 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Josphine?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/josphineThe 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, “Josphine” — the 144th most common given name in Kenya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.