Josefin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Josefin

What is the meaning of the name Josefin ?

The baby name Josefin is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yoo-seh-FEEN.

Josefin is French, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Swedish in Origin.

Josefin is a Swedish and broader Scandinavian form of Josephine, a feminine elaboration of Joseph. The root is Hebrew יוֹסֵף, Yosef, the biblical name borne by Jacob’s son in Genesis. It is built on the Semitic verb יסף, yasaf, to add, increase, with a jussive sense in the naming explanation, may he add. In full theological interpretation, the phrase implies may Yahweh add, often shortened in name dictionaries to God will add.

The spelling Josefin belongs especially to Sweden, where final -in reflects Nordic preference beside Danish and Norwegian Josefine and English or French Josephine. Its Christian use rests on the biblical Joseph and, secondarily, on saints and royal bearers of Josephine in Catholic and European dynastic history. Swedish public figures such as actress Josefin Asplund and singer Josefin Nilsson illustrate its modern currency. Outside Scandinavia it is usually read as an international variant rather than the standard local form.