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Josephine

Josephine ranks #249 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 9 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #493 among girl dog names.
Josephine's popularity trend

Josephine's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.01%0.02%0.03%201220142016201720182019
Cats in our data
9
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#249
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+3,503
2014 → 2019
Gender split
100% female
100% female0% male

Gender split comes from 18 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Josephine mean?
/ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/3 syllablesOrigin: French

Related to the name Joseph, from Yoséf (“(God) shall add”).

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Josephine shows up

Cats named Josephine per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.04%
TorontoON, CA0.02%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

Cat names like Josephine

JosieJasmineClementineSunshineMarcelineMaxineMadelineFrancineCoralineCarolineMaybellineJose

Josephine appears on

French Cat Names

Josephine means, by theme

God