Josephine Help

[name]Hi[/name], I’ve been visiting Nameberry for awhile now, and love it. I have really enjoyed reading all the posts from everyone else.

I’m not pregnant at the moment, but would love to start having a family soon, and I have a question. I’m pretty much set on boy’s names, but girl’s names are harder because there are just too many choices! I would really love to use the name [name]Josephine[/name], to honor my grandfather (whom I loved and was very close too - so far no one in our family has used his name). I love the names [name]Alice[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] [name]Josephine[/name], but started thinking recently that I would really like to use [name]Josephine[/name] as a first name. I can’t seem to come up with a middle name that sounds right with [name]Josephine[/name], and thought I would post here for some ideas, since everyone has such great taste!

I guess the only guidelines are that I don’t like creative spellings, and I don’t really like unisex names for girls. I don’t mind names that are popular as long as they have a solid history behind them.

Thank you so much for your help!

I love the name [name]Josephine[/name] for a girl!

A few suggestions.

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
Josphine [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Naomi[/name]
Jospephine [name]Rosario[/name]

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Audra[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Claire[/name]*
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Flora[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Hattie[/name]*
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Kaye[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Kitty[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lulu[/name]*
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]*
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Milly[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Olive[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Oona[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Phaedra[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Polly[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Tillie[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Trudy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Sally[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Willow[/name]

  • especially love these

I love [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Claire[/name].
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Adele[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lilly[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mariah[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Helen[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alexis[/name]

I love [name]Josephine[/name]! :slight_smile:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name]

I really love the suggestion of [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]

Best wishes to you! :slight_smile:

I love this name! [name]Josephine[/name] is at the top of our list for our baby due in [name]November[/name]. I think it is a pretty big name that goes well with a shorter (or one syllable) middle name. If your last name is long you may want to consider a short mn.
My only problem with the name is that it will inevitably be shortened to a nn. I think I prefer posy to josie. What do you think?

Thank you for all your suggestions. I really love most of these combos, especially:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Maeve[/name] - My family is Irish, and my grandfather was extremely proud of his Irish heritage, so I think [name]Maeve[/name] would be my top choice so far, but I also like:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lily[/name]

I love the nickname [name]Posy[/name] for [name]Josephine[/name]. That’s one of the reasons that I love this name. I also like that there is the nickname [name]Jo[/name] if she didn’t want something frilly. I’m not a big fan of [name]Josie[/name] either.

My concern with [name]Josephine[/name] is that I wouldn’t know what to name any brothers or sisters. [name]Alice[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] are two of my favorite names. [name]Do[/name] you think they would go nicely with [name]Josephine[/name]? What about boys with [name]Josephine[/name]?

Thanks for your continued help!

[name]Josephine[/name] is very pretty! I love every single one of the middle names you’ve narrowed it down to, especially [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Lily[/name], [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Pearl[/name]. [name]Posy[/name] is very cute as a nickname. I think [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Alice[/name] would be lovely sisters to [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Alice[/name] in particular. You can’t go wrong with any of these!

More suggestions, just in case…

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Julia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Talia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mira[/name]

[quote=“mnlove17”]Thank you for all your suggestions. I really love most of these combos, especially:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Maeve[/name] - My family is Irish, and my grandfather was extremely proud of his Irish heritage, so I think [name]Maeve[/name] would be my top choice so far, but I also like:

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Violet[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Lily[/name]

I love the nickname [name]Posy[/name] for [name]Josephine[/name]. That’s one of the reasons that I love this name. I also like that there is the nickname [name]Jo[/name] if she didn’t want something frilly. I’m not a big fan of [name]Josie[/name] either.

My concern with [name]Josephine[/name] is that I wouldn’t know what to name any brothers or sisters. [name]Alice[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] are two of my favorite names. [name]Do[/name] you think they would go nicely with [name]Josephine[/name]? What about boys with [name]Josephine[/name]?

[name]Alice[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] go beautifully with [name]Josephine[/name]. I also love [name]Regina[/name] with [name]Josephine[/name].

Brothers for [name]Josephine[/name]:

[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Clayton[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name] nn [name]Toby[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]

I’m glad you found some middle names to consider! :slight_smile:

I definitely think that [name]Alice[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] would make perfect sisters with a [name]Josephine[/name]. :slight_smile: Definitely! :slight_smile:

[name]Josephine[/name] and:

[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]William[/name]

(I apolgogize for repeats!) :slight_smile:

Good luck!

I agree but then my 8-week old twins are called [name]Tobias[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name] (known as [name]Toby[/name] and [name]Posy[/name]).

My [name]Josephine[/name] is [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mabel[/name] [name]Joy[/name], so [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mabel[/name] is my suggestion.

Another brother for [name]Josephine[/name]:
[name]Archer[/name] or [name]Archibald[/name] nn [name]Archie[/name]
I second [name]Jill[/name]'s ideas of
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Peter[/name] (my fave boy’s name)
[name]William[/name]

And what about [name]Philip[/name]? (possibly my second fave boy’s name)
[name]Harrison[/name] nn [name]Harry[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ava[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Dagny[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Glory[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Katya[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Laura[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Nora[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Olive[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Willa[/name]

Thanks everyone! I love all your ideas, and I’m so glad that I’ve gotten some responses. My family doesn’t like any of the names I like for future children (they think they’re too “old, ugly, and gross”). So, it has been really nice coming on here and reading everyone’s suggestions!

elsabea:

I love your children’s names! [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mabel[/name] [name]Joy[/name] is lovely, and [name]Tobias[/name] is perfect with it. I think someone, maybe [name]Susan[/name], mentioned [name]Tobias[/name] as a brother for [name]Josephine[/name], and while I do love it, my family are big fans of “Arrested Development,” and they would probably just associate the name with the character on the show (not that that’s a bad thing, but I wouldn’t want to live with everyone constantly asking me why I named a baby after [name]Tobias[/name] Funke!).

irisrose and shaymin:

I love the suggestions of [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Sylvie[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Bryony[/name]. [name]Bryony[/name] and [name]Sylvie[/name] are such lovely names. I also really like the name [name]Sylvia[/name], and love the works of [name]Sylvia[/name] Plath (even though she was troubled, I think her poetry is magnificent).

[name]Susan[/name] and [name]Jill[/name]:

I really love the names [name]Nathaniel[/name], [name]Archer[/name], [name]Peter[/name], [name]Elias[/name], [name]Henry[/name], and [name]Milo[/name] (especially with [name]Josephine[/name]). I like the name [name]Philip[/name] a lot also, but there is a boy with that name at our church that we see often, so I couldn’t do that. I also love the name [name]Oliver[/name] (it is one of my favorite names of all time), but I don’t think I could ever use it because of [name]Oliver[/name] Cromwell. I think my family would never speak to me again!

Thanks again for all the wonderful suggestions. If anyone has anymore, I would love to read them!

I’m glad you liked some of the boys’ names, and I hope you feel better about using [name]Josephine[/name] now! :slight_smile:

Good luck!

So glad you love [name]Josephine[/name]. Maybe you would love [name]Thomas[/name].

Thanks everyone for your help! I feel a lot better about using [name]Josephine[/name] now. I love all the middle name suggestions. [name]Susan[/name], I like the name [name]Thomas[/name] a lot, but that is my sister’s favorite name so, I couldn’t do that to her. Thanks [name]Susan[/name], [name]Jill[/name], and elsabea for the boy name suggestions. I wasn’t sure what boy’s names would sound good with [name]Josephine[/name], and now I have some ideas.

So, thanks again!