Josefina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Josefina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Josefina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 2000 | 20 |
| 2001 | 23 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 22 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 973 |
| 2000 | 1,001 |
| 2001 | 1,027 |
| 2002 | 1,047 |
| 2003 | 1,064 |
| 2004 | 1,104 |
| 2005 | 1,113 |
| 2006 | 1,120 |
| 2007 | 1,136 |
| 2008 | 1,152 |
| 2009 | 1,170 |
| 2010 | 1,175 |
| 2011 | 1,194 |
| 2012 | 1,205 |
| 2013 | 1,212 |
| 2014 | 1,221 |
| 2015 | 1,232 |
| 2016 | 1,244 |
| 2017 | 1,249 |
| 2018 | 1,257 |
| 2019 | 1,261 |
| 2020 | 1,273 |
Josefina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Josefina.Hi! My name is Josefina.
- Har du träffat Josefina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Josefina? She started working here on Monday.
- Josefina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Josefina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Josefinas mamma är lärare.Josefina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Josefinas mamma is Josefina's mum.
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Questions about Josefina
How do you pronounce Josefina in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Josefina from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Josefina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine.
How popular is Josefina in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Josefina in 2022. In 2020, 1,273 people in Sweden had Josefina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.