Honest opinions on Josephine

I’ve always loved the name [name]Josephine[/name]. But then again, I think the most feminine names are feminine forms of male names. Like they don’t need to have a purely feminine, girly name to exude femininity. Its kind of hard to explain.

I love J names, especially with interesting vowels after them (like [name]Juno[/name] or [name]Julia[/name]), and then I absolutely love -phine or -phina in names. I’m a -ph freak.

Its beautiful and can easily be translated all throughout life, with a variety of nicknames ([name]Jo[/name], [name]Josie[/name], [name]Joey[/name], [name]Joy[/name], Sephie, Seph, Phina, etc.) I also think it goes well with [name]Georgia[/name] or [name]Genevieve[/name] as siblings.

Also, I think its charming to connect family names to a child, especially with [name]Joseph[/name] as being your husband’s middle name. I especially love it when people bring out their creativity and take a Father to Daughter, or Mother to [name]Son[/name] name crossover. (Like [name]Henry[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] to [name]Josephina[/name] [name]Henriette[/name], or [name]Ashley[/name] [name]Madison[/name] to [name]Maddox[/name] [name]Asher[/name].)

All of this.

I just love it! A musical name that has nice nns, I especially like Phina. I only know two Josephines, both over 45 so not overused but familiar to all, I think it would be lovely on a baby and little girl.

The only objection I know to it is my husband’s comment that feminizations of the father’s name sound like you wanted a boy (we were discussing my friend [name]Nichola[/name], daughter of [name]Nicholas[/name]) but I don’t agree.

I love the nickname options for [name]Josephine[/name]! [name]Jo[/name], [name]Josie[/name], Sephie, [name]Fin[/name], [name]Posey[/name], [name]CeCe[/name]… Its beautiful and classic and not overdone. great :slight_smile:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Joy[/name] is just stunning!

[name]Love[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] and it reminds me of [name]Jo[/name] from [name]Little[/name] Women.

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My daughter is [name]Josephine[/name], named for my father, and of course I love it. I gets lots of positive feedback about her name.