Entry № 5001 · Spanish origin

Josefina Josefina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ho-seh-FEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"He will add (Spanish feminine of Joseph)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "he will add (spanish feminine of joseph)".

Josefina is the Spanish form of Josephine — feminine of Joseph, from the Hebrew Yosef (he will add, God will increase). Josefina Montoya — American Girl doll character released in 1997, set in 1824 New Mexico; the line's first non-anglophone-heritage doll; her books and accessories sold millions of copies and made her one of the most-influential characters in the American Girl franchise's history; the doll line was acquired by Mattel in 1998.

He will add.

The name in its native script.

Josefina
Transliteration
Josefina
Pronunciation
/ ˌhoʊ.səˈfiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Josefina stands.

Josefina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Josefinas before her.

Real people
Josefina Carabias
Pioneering Spanish journalist.
1908 – 1980
Josefina Pla
Spanish-Paraguayan writer.
1903 – 1999
Josefina López
Mexican-American playwright.
born 1969
In fiction
Josefina Montoya
American Girl doll.
1997

Names connected to Josefina.

The number behind Josefina.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Josefina reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.