Josefine

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⭐ Famous Josefine

Josefine Preuß

German actress

Choose Josefine and your child shares a first name with Josefine Preuß, a German actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Josefine, like who?” Josefine Preuß's Wikipedia article is available in 23 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 107,527 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Josefine, 15 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Josefine would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJosefine first shows up in US birth records in 1918, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 107 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1930, when it reached #2,845.
• 🍂TrendJosefine has slipped 1,819 places over the last five years and now sits at #7,133. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningJosefine is a German form of Josephine, which means “God will add”. Our records link it to Hebrew and Spanish roots.

About the name Josefine

Josefine is a girl name of Hebrew and Spanish origin meaning “God will add”. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-ine”. US birth records list Josefine for girls from 1918 to 2025, in 64 of those 108 years. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked #2,845 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #7,133, with 15 babies.

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