Josephine Name Meaning

Gender: Female

Origin: French

Meaning: God Will Increase

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1. Meaning of the name "Josephine"

Josephine's name is a girl from French origin that means "Jehovah Risen". Josephine is the feminine shape of Joseph, a last name derived from the Hebrew word Yosef, meaning the Rising Jews.

Queen Joséphine du Beauharnais was born Marie-Josephe-Rose, but was named Josephine by her husband, Napolean Bonaparte. With an enormous amount of class and personality and unusually soft qualities, plus a number of attractive vivacious nicknames, Josephine is a favorite of Nameberry.

Josephine Baker (birth name Freda), French American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist, is a potential name. Some of the Josephines in literature and recent pop culture are known by their nicknames—the admirably headstrong Jo in Little Women, Joey Potter (played by Katie Holmes) in Dawson's Creek, and Josie of Josie and the Pussycats.

In Some Like it Hot, Josephine was the nom de femme of Tony Curtis. Josephines have been the subjects of countless songs, performed by artists ranging from Fats Domino to Tori Amos to the Black Crowes.

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2. Josefine

English form of the French Joséphine, a feminine form of Joseph, which is derived from the Hebrew Yōsēf (God will add, God will increase).

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3. Top 3 Famous Person Named Josephine

Josephine Ann Endicott:

Her parents divorced when she grew up with two older siblings. She started studying ballet at age 7 and then dropped out of computer training school to attend ballet school in Melbourne.

She joined one of the state's largest ballet troupes, but decided to move to London after an incident with her director. Josephine Ann was a solo dancer before she joined the Pina Bausch's company in 1973 in London when Bausch was putting together a team to form her own company.

The two met at Covent Garden in London when Josephine was rehearsing a performance. In 1987, emotionally exhausted and burnt out, she separated from Pina Bausch and returned to Australia.

She however remained working with the Pina Bausch's company in Wuppertal for 42 years until August 2015. In May 2017, Josephine Ann led the reproduction of the "Arias" at Wuppertal. She was the only available member of the original cast of the same production in 1979.

Josephine Dunn:

Dunn's first entertainment venture came when she was 14 when she became a member of the choir at the Winter Garden Theater. Instead of going back to school, she continued in her career, appearing in nearly 20 products, including Fiegies Ziegfeld.

Dunn started her film career with her role in Enchanting Youth (1926) after she completed the new Paramount Pictures School. She continued to star in Love's Greatest Mistake (1927) and Fireman, Save My Child (1927).

Josephine Cox:

Born in a cotton factory in Blackburn, Cox was one of ten children. At sixteen, she met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons.

When her children started going to school, she went to college, eventually earning a position at Cambridge University, but could not accept her position because it meant having to live away from home but she continued to become into a teacher.

Cox won the "Superwoman of Great Britain Award", for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her first full-length novel was accepted for publication. She has also written under the name of Jane Brindle, her mother's name. She has written over 50 books.

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