The baby name Fifine is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced fee-FEEN (French: /fiˈfin/).
The baby name Fifine is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced fee-FEEN (French: /fiˈfin/).
Fifine is in Origin.
Fifine is a French hypocoristic, most commonly a pet form of Joséphine, though it also occurs for other -phine names such as Séraphine and Delphine. It arises from the reduplicative nickname Fifi expanded with the affectionate suffix -ine. Used independently as a given name in some Francophone communities, it carries the meaning associated with its source: for Joséphine, "God will add/increase" (from Hebrew Yosef).
Records show Fifine in 19th- and early 20th-century France, Belgium, and the Caribbean, and English readers met it in Robert Browning's Fifine at the Fair (1872). Variants and short forms include Fifi, Fine, Fifina, and Phine; related formal equivalents are Joséphine/Josephine, Josefina, Giuseppina, Séraphine, and Delphine. Today the name is rare but retains a chic, playful French flair suited to those seeking a vintage-styled nickname name.
Fifine barely registers. Across 14 countries, we found just 28 recorded uses of it.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #558 | 3 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MA | 0 | #1,196 | 4 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Fifine is popular in 14 countries — most recent births per country:
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