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Josèphe (female)

Variants:Josée (F) Józefa (F)
Diminutive(s):Josephine (F)
Masculine form:Joseph (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

French, feminine form of Joseph, from Hebrew "Jehovah gives children". Now less popular than the diminutive Josephine.

See Josephine for a full list of variants.
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