MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ma. Josephine mean?
The source form Ma. Josephine remains unchanged.
A primary UNAM-hosted table records Ma. as a conventional abbreviation of María. Under that conditional reading, Josephine is English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine. This explains a documented abbreviation tradition and the second name’s separate history, without asserting the specific bearer’s registered expansion or creating a combined sentence meaning.
Maria’s ultimate root remains debated.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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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 ↗The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Ma. Josephine in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
MA. JOSEPHINECSV record 16,608 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ma. Josephine in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ma. 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
- Josephine♀God will add; feminine form of Joseph
- Madelaine♀Variant of Madeleine; woman from Magdala
- Augustine·Augustus-family derivative; venerable association
- Catherine♂♀From Greek Aikaterine, later associated with “pure”
- Jacqueline♀Feminine form of Jacques, in the Jacob family
- Katherine♀English form of Greek Aikaterine
- Marcelina♀Feminine form in the Marcellinus name family
- Marcelino♂Diminutive form in the Marcus–Marcellus family
What rhymes with Ma. Josephine?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ma. 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.
- UNAM thesis appendix — abbreviations and familiar names (opens in a new tab)
Primary conventional Ma. to María abbreviation rule, not this bearer’s registered expansion.
- Behind the Name — Maria (opens in a new tab)
Latin/Greek transmission of Miryam.
- Behind the Name — Mary (opens in a new tab)
Ultimate Miryam meaning debated.
- Behind the Name — Josephine (opens in a new tab)
Exact remaining component and stated name formation.