MEANING & HISTORY
What does Maria Josephina Vergina mean?
Maria is the Latin form of Greek Maria from Hebrew Miriam. Egyptian beloved or love and several Hebrew interpretations have been proposed for Miriam; the ultimate meaning is debated. Josephina is a documented Latinate Joséphine variant, with Josephine supplying a parallel recorded spelling.
Joséphine belongs to Joseph, God will add. Laura Spăriosu’s academic dictionary cross-refers Vergina to Virginia and records it as a local form at Ecica. Its Virginia account traces the name through Roman Virginius and Latin virgo, maiden.
This establishes that regional name history without collapsing separate Greek place-name or medieval Galician homographs.
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- 1 person record with this given name · Q108486133 · CC0
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- Wikidata given-name item Q108486133 — Maria Josephina Vergina (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Jover Laurio (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Maria (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: mary (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Josephina (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: josephine (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: jose10phine (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: joseph (opens in a new tab)
- Laura Spăriosu (2017): Etimologia numelor de persoană la românii din Banatul central și de sud, entries 1041 and 1073, pp. 176, 180 (opens in a new tab)