Josepha

Where Josepha comes from

The dictionaries list Josepha as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1759
    Josepha Weber born
    German singer
  2. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #998
    10 babies named Josepha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,592.
  5. 1970
    Josepha Madigan born
    Irish politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Josepha Weber · German singer, 1759–1819
  • Josepha Madigan · Irish politician, born 1970
  • Josepha Mendels · Dutch writer, 1902–1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.