Meaning of the nameJosefina

Josefina is a feminine name, the feminine form of José/Joseph, a Hebrew name that Behind the Name translates as "he will add".

Meaning

“feminine form of José, "he will add"”

Source: Behind the Name: Josefina · Behind the Name: Joseph

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People (2022): 19,905
Rank in Brazil: #1,072
Median age: 68 years
2010 Census: 27,996; people

Josefina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Josefina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (5,729 people).

19,810 women 95 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 Josefina is most common

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

Sergipe 0.083%
Paraná 0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.015%
São Paulo 0.014%
Mato Grosso 0.013%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	6,285	0.014%
Minas Gerais	2,168	0.011%
Sergipe	1,826	0.083%
Bahia	1,797	0.013%
Paraná	1,737	0.015%
Rio Grande do Sul	916	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	803	0.005%
Santa Catarina	554	0.007%
Goiás	551	0.008%
Mato Grosso	492	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	418	0.015%
Espírito Santo	356	0.009%
Pernambuco	329	0.004%
Pará	283	0.004%
Maranhão	249	0.004%
Distrito Federal	176	0.006%
Rondônia	161	0.010%
Ceará	149	0.002%
Piauí	148	0.005%
Amazonas	146	0.004%
Paraíba	89	0.002%
Alagoas	80	0.003%
Roraima	59	0.009%
Tocantins	49	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	39	0.001%
Amapá	30	0.004%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

About the name Josefina

According to Behind the Name, Josefina is the feminine form of Joseph in Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish. Joseph comes from the Hebrew Yosef, "he will add", from the verb yasaf, "to add, to increase", and is the name of José in the Old Testament; the meaning of Josefina is therefore that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,905 people named Josefina, with a median age of 68. It is a name of older generations, with the most records among those born in the 1950s; proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe, and it is almost always female. Behind the Name cites Joseane and Josiane as Brazilian diminutives.

Sources

Behind the Name: Josefina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Joseph · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Josefina

What does the name Josefina mean?

Josefina means “feminine form of José, "he will add"”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Josefina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,905 people with the first name Josefina, which ranks it number 1,072 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Josefina a boy's or a girl's name?

Josefina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 19,810 women and 95 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Josefina?

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

In which Brazilian state is Josefina most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.083% of the state's population is named Josefina (1,826 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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