Josiane

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Josiane is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name589K records spelled Josiane7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Jôsiane, Jösïäne, Josîane, Jósiane

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Josiane is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Forme féminine de Joseph; d'origine hébraïque, « Dieu ajoute ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• French: elaborated form of JOSÉE , now occasionally also used in the English-speaking world.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

GF INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana) — 57 years between 1934–2006. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Josiane Serreb. 1922FRFrench chemist (1922-2004)
• Josiane Lévêqueb. 1943FRFrench actress
• Josiane Stolérub. 1949FRFrench actress
• Josiane Aubertb. 1949CHSwiss politician
• Josiane Balaskob. 1950FRFrench actress, film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1950)
• Josiane Tanzillib. 1950ITItalian actress
• Josiane Vanhuysseb. 1953BEcyclist
• Josiane Bostb. 1956FRFrench racing cyclist
• Josiane Pinsonb. 1957FRFrench actress
• Josiane Shenb. 2000LULuxembourgish presenter

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 386 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Josiane?

We estimate roughly 133 thousand people bear Josiane (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Josiane have the most bearers?

We estimate about 131 thousand people bear Josiane in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled josiane.

How common is Josiane compared with other names?

In Brazil, Josiane is the 244th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Josiane a male or female name?

Josiane 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 Josiane mean?

Recorded meaning: French feminine form from Joseph, ultimately Hebrew Yosef 'he will add'.