Josefina

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Faroese
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Josephina (see also -fina)

Related Names

See Joséphine

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Josefinuson

Female

Josefinudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Josefina
Genitive:	Josefinas

- Faroese
Nominative:	Josefina
Accusative:	Josefinu
Dative:	Josefinu
Genitive:	Josefinu

- Finnish
Nominative:	Josefina
Genitive:	Josefinan
Partitive:	Josefinaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Josefina
Accusative:	Josefinu
Dative:	Josefinu
Genitive:	Josefinu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Josefina
Genitive:	Josefinas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Josefina
Genitive:	Josefinas

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

19 March

Sweden

19 March

Further Information

• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1744
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 17 August 2020

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1885-1909

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Halland (19th century) see map
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (19th century) see map
  • Norrbotten (19th century) see map
  • Uppland (19th century) see map
  • Gotland (19th century) see map

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		1273	8585	1273	8585	0	0
Finland		n.a.	8908	n.a.	8908	0	0
Denmark		126	n.a.	126	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		2	6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		46	n.a.	46	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Josefina (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.