Josepha

Feminine variation of Joseph

"Jehovah increases"

Josepha Origin and Meaning

The name Josepha is a girl's name of Hebrew, German origin meaning "Jehovah increases".

Josepha is less heard in this country than in other parts of the world, seen as a slightly awkward feminization a la Ricarda and Benjamina. In the U.S., Josephine or Joanna is the more usual feminine form of Joseph, though you might consider Josepha if you want to break rank.

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Famous People Named Josepha

• Maria Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippine last Queen of Poland by marriage to Augustus III
• Maria Josepha of Bavaria (Marie Josephe Antonie Walburga Felicitas Regula) Holy Roman Empress as wife of Joseph II
• Maria Josepha Amalia Beatrix Xaveria Vincentia Aloysia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal Anna Apollonia Johanna Nepomucena Walburga Theresia Ambrosia Queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain
• Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria of Saxony Dauphine of France as wife of Dauphin Louis; mother of Louis XVI
• María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide Princess of Mexico
• Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelika Margarete Princess of Saxony; Archduchess of Austria
• Maria Josepha (Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina) Infanta of Portugal, Duchess in Bavaria
• Josepha Duschek Bohemian opera singer
• Josepha Weber Hofer Austrian opera singer and sister,in,law of Mozart
• Josepha Sherman American novelist
• Josepha Barbara Auernhammer Austrian pianist and composer
• Sarah Josepha Hale author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
• Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna birth name of Marie Antoinette of France

Josepha in Pop Culture

• Josèpha from Balzac's 1847 novel La Cousine Bette ("singer and tart; mistress to Hulot")