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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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God shall add, through the Joseph name family.
The French exact-name definition identifies Josephine, which derives from Josephe, feminine of Joseph. Joseph supplies the traditional Hebrew gloss. No personal religious belief is inferred. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9phine&oldid=90675880 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A8phe&oldid=92360130 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph&oldid=95358474.
French short form
The reviewed French entry identifies Josette as a diminutive of Joséphine. This supports the French name tradition; no English pronunciation is inferred from the French IPA.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | Girls | 10 | 2102 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2013 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 7084 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2021 | Girls | 3 | 5581 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 109 | 1833 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The French exact-name definition identifies Josephine, which derives from Josephe, feminine of Joseph. Joseph supplies the traditional Hebrew gloss. No personal religious belief is inferred. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9phine&oldid=90675880 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A8phe&oldid=92360130 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph&oldid=95358474. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The reviewed French entry identifies Josette as a diminutive of Joséphine. This supports the French name tradition; no English pronunciation is inferred from the French IPA.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
