Josefin
given name · Swedish · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Josefin is a given name, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country, where it is the 94th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Swedish and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine.
- SESweden1 in 461◐
- FIFinland1 in 6.8K
- DEGermany1 in 64K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈23K ●
- Sources
- 98 ●
- 1 in 461 ◐
across 8 countries
16K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #94 | 22,148 | 12K rec. | 1 in 461 | 22K | Josefin | 98 |
| DE Germany | — | 1,886 | 1.6K rec. | — | 1 | Josefin | 95 |
| FI Finland | — | 815△ | 35 rec. | 1 in 6.8K | 929 | Josefin | 14 |
| NO Norway | — | 465 | 128 rec. | — | 328 | Josefin | 14 |
| AT Austria | — | 378 | 21 rec. | — | 112 | Josefin | 11 |
| IN India | — | 220 | 231 rec. | — | 10 | Josefin | 5 |
| AU Australia | — | 207 | 192 rec. | — | — | Josefin | 27 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 172 | 144 rec. | — | — | Josefin | 25 |
| US United States | — | 165 | 1.3K rec. | 1 in 2M | 165 | Josefin | 59 |
| PH Philippines | — | 76 | 60 rec. | — | — | Josefin | 8 |
| ES Spain | — | 63 | 50 rec. | — | — | Josefin | 16 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 54 | 62 rec. | — | — | Josefin | 8 |
Roughly 22K people in Sweden bear this name (about 1 in 461). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Swedish12K37%
- Spanish4.9K15%
- Finnish4K12%
- German3.8K12%
- English2.6K8%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish | 12,058 | 37% |
| Spanish | 4,881 | 15% |
| Finnish | 3,972 | 12% |
| German | 3,837 | 12% |
| English | 2,561 | 8% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 13 |
AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 23 years between 1991–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Josefin Nilssonb. 1969SESwedish singer and actor (1969-2016)
- Josefin Brinkb. 1969SESwedish politician
- Josefin Åsbergb. 1974SESwedish art director and production designer
- Josefin Lillhageb. 1980SESwedish swimmer
- Josefin Ljungmanb. 1981SESwedish actress
- Josefin Neldénb. 1984SESwedish actress
- Josefin Johanssonb. 1988SESwedish association football player
- Josefin Olssonb. 1989SESwedish yacht racer
- Josefin Asplundb. 1991SESwedish actress
- Josefin Taljegårdb. 1995SESwedish figure skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22K | #193 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 10K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 10K | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 96 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Josefin?
- We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Josefin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Josefin have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 22 thousand people bear Josefin in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled josefin.
- Where is Josefin most common?
- Josefin is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 461 people carrying it.
- How common is Josefin compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Josefin is the 94th most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.
- Is Josefin a male or female name?
- Josefin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Josefin mean?
- Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Josefin” — the 94th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.