Josepha
Josepha is a given name, a feminine variant of the name Joseph.
Meaning & Origin of Josepha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Josepha is a given name, a feminine variant of the name Joseph.
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The Story of Josepha
Josepha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1888, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 13 Josephas were born — ranking #2,617 that year. As of 2026, Josepha ranks #16,210 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 407 Josephas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Josepha
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- Josepha Abiertas (1894–1929), Filipino lawyer and feminist, first woman to obtain a degree from the Philippine Law School
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820), Austrian pianist and composer
- Josepha Conti (1825–1881), Bavarian servant and beauty
- Josepha Williams Douglas (1860–1938), also commonly known as Josepha Williams, American physician
- Josepha Duschek (1754–1824), Czech soprano
- Josepha von Heydeck (1748–1771), mistress of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
- Josepha Petrick Kemarre (born ca. 1945 or ca. 1953), Indigenous Australian artist
- Josepha Sherman , American author, winner of the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon
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Names that sound like Josepha
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About the name Josepha
Josepha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 407 births in the dataset. Josepha's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #2,617. Use the chart and map above to compare Josepha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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