Josphine
given name · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Josphine is a given name, most frequently recorded in Kenya. It appears chiefly in Swahili and English, written in the Latin script.
- KEKenya1 in 857◐
- NGNigeria1 in 27K
- USUnited States1 in 513K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈666 ●
- Sources
- 85 ●
- 1 in 513K ◐
across 4 countries
16K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | #145 | 33,655 | 4.2K rec. | — | — | Josphine | 41 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 2,651 | 4.8K rec. | — | — | Josphine | 26 |
| US United States | — | 649 | 4.7K rec. | 1 in 513K | 649 | Josphine | 85 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 405 | 380 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 24 |
| FR France | — | 385 | 375 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 50 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 276 | 284 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 8 |
| IN India | — | 203 | 99 rec. | — | 14 | Josphine | 18 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 170 | 66 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 10 |
| AU Australia | — | 165 | 159 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 19 |
| ZM Zambia | #753 | 162 | 1 rec. | — | 1 | Josphine | 7 |
| PH Philippines | — | 142 | 137 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 9 |
| CA Canada | — | 67 | 98 rec. | — | — | Josphine | 12 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Swahili36K78%
- English6.4K14%
- French8812%
- 7612%
- Hindi3621%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 36,002 | 78% |
| English | 6,383 | 14% |
| French | 881 | 2% |
| 761 | 2% | |
| Hindi | 362 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 5 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1912 | 9 |
| 1913 | 6 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 17 |
| 1919 | 8 |
| 1920 | 9 |
| 1921 | 10 |
| 1922 | 7 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1927 | 5 |
| 1929 | 5 |
| 1930 | 7 |
| 1931 | 7 |
| 1935 | 6 |
| 1936 | 7 |
| 1940 | 6 |
| 1944 | 6 |
| 1948 | 6 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 36 years between 1909–2005. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 649 | #16,970 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 17 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 14 | #1,373 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1915 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1912 | 9 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #16,970 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 8 | #25,957 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 8 | #38,519 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 8 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Josphine?
- We estimate roughly 666 people bear Josphine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Josphine have the most bearers?
- Josphine is most frequently recorded in Kenya, where it is most often spelled josphine.
- How common is Josphine compared with other names?
- In Kenya, Josphine is the 145th most common given name of 51,773 given names recorded there.
- Is Josphine a male or female name?
- Josphine 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.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/josphineThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use. Bulk access and licensing.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Josphine” — the 145th most common given name in Kenya. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.