THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Josephine
Josephine is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Yeng Constantino, Josephine C. Reyes. This snapshot links the name to 9 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/General-American
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/General-American
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From French Joséphine, diminutive of Josèphe, feminine form of Joseph. By surface analysis, Joseph + -ine. Popularized in English by Josephine Bonaparte, the empress of Napoleonic France.
A female given name from French.
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob. Doublet of Yusuf. Noun sense 1 (“one whose chastity is above temptation”) is a reference to the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis 39.
A male given name from Hebrew.
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People with the name Josephine
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Yeng Constantino
Filipino singer-songwriter (born 1988)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Josephine C. Reyes
Filipino educator (1927-2011)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
15
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
9
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Yeng Constantino, Josephine C. Reyes
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Josephine in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Josephine
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Josefina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Josefino♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Joselino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Joseph♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Josephus♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jasmine♀Jasmine flower
- Jenine♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Joegie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Josephine?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Josephine
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Josephine Socorro·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ma. Josephine·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Josephine further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q666954 — Josephine (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Yeng Constantino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q666954 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Josephine C. Reyes (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q666954 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Josephine (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Josephine (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.