Joesphine
Feminine · “A spelling of Josephine”
Joesphine is Josephine with two letters swapped, a spelling that turns up in the early American record. The name it stands for has been carried by a woman who invented the dishwasher and another who changed English law.
How old is the name Joesphine?
Joesphine first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Joesphine alive today was born around 1935, making them about 90 years old. About 200 people named Joesphine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Joesphine most popular?
Joesphine peaked in 1932, reaching #1597 nationally. See the whole 1932 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yosef to Joesphine
The story of Joesphine
Josephine Cochrane, a wealthy woman in Shelbyville, Illinois, was tired of servants chipping her heirloom china, so she designed a machine of wire racks and water jets; she patented it in 1886, and the company she founded eventually became part of KitchenAid. In Britain Josephine Butler led the long campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts, which allowed police to detain women suspected of prostitution for forced examination, until Parliament repealed them in 1886. Joesphine appears in the American record in the early twentieth century, most likely Josephine as it was written on a particular day.
Meaning
A spelling of Josephine, feminine of Joseph, 'he will add'
Joseph is Hebrew Yosef, 'he will add'. Josephine is its French feminine.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Joseph
- Josephine
- Joesphine
Related forms: Josephine · Joséphine · Giuseppina · Josefina
Pronouncing Joesphine
JOH-suh-feen
Said exactly like Josephine.
Nicknames for Joesphine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1908
- Most girls named
- 192223 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1597reached in 1932
- Change vs 2008
- 0.0%5 in 2013, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Joesphine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josephine in English — spelling variant
- Joséphine in French — same name
- Giuseppina in Italian — same name
- Josefina in Spanish — same name
Joesphines among us
people named Joesphine are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Joesphine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Josephine, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Jo and Josie as ready short forms.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will read it as a misspelling of Josephine.
- Forms and spell-checkers will 'correct' it.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Joesphines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Joesphine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Joesphine in 2025?
- Joesphine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Joesphine with classmates?
- Joesphine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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