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Meaning of the nameJosafá

Josafá is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of the biblical name Jehoshaphat, which means 'Yahweh has judged'.

Meaning

“Yahweh has judged”

Source: Wiktionary: Jehoshaphat (traduções: Portuguese Josafá) · Behind the Name: Jehoshaphat

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People (2022)
11,937
Rank in Brazil
#1,513
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
12,925
people

Josafá in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Josafá, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (2,556 people).

206 women 11,731 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Josafá is most common

States with the highest share of people named Josafá in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.015%
  2. Pernambuco 0.013%
  3. Paraíba 0.013%
  4. Rio Grande do Norte 0.012%
  5. Amazonas 0.012%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2,1460.015%
São Paulo1,6190.004%
Pernambuco1,1880.013%
Pará8130.010%
Ceará6570.008%
Minas Gerais6430.003%
Maranhão5850.009%
Rio de Janeiro5380.003%
Paraíba5200.013%
Amazonas4580.012%
Rio Grande do Norte4010.012%
Goiás3750.005%
Piauí2630.008%
Sergipe2560.012%
Distrito Federal1970.007%
Alagoas1750.006%
Paraná1660.002%
Tocantins1600.011%
Mato Grosso1430.004%
Espírito Santo1380.004%
Rondônia1040.007%
Acre710.009%
Roraima710.011%
Santa Catarina690.001%
Amapá680.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul670.002%
Rio Grande do Sul460.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Josafá

Wiktionary gives Josafá as the Portuguese form of Jehoshaphat, the name of a king of Judah in the Old Testament. The name comes from the Hebrew Yehoshafat, formed from the divine name Yahweh and the verb shafat, 'to judge', and means 'Yahweh has judged', a reading Behind the Name also gives. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,937 people named Josafá, almost always male. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Jehoshaphat (traduções: Portuguese Josafá) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Jehoshaphat · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Josafá

What does the name Josafá mean?

Josafá means “Yahweh has judged”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Josafá in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,937 people with the first name Josafá, which ranks it number 1,513 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Josafá a boy's or a girl's name?

Josafá is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 206 women and 11,731 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Josafá?

Josafá is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Josafá most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.015% of the state's population is named Josafá (2,146 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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