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I love Josepha Hazel :)

it's nifty

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At first I thought this name was very clumsy-looking, like a nonsense boy-girl name like Jefferina. But a facebook friend of mine is friends with a Josepha, and just seeing the name on a real person has been enough to change my mind about it.

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I want to say it "jo-ZEF-ah", sort of like that. I don't know if that's legit, but it's what my mouth wants to do.

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Josepha Bryony
Josepha Marigold

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both strike me as very lovely and whimsical.

My ggrandma was named Jozefa. (YO-zhe-fa) In English, she went variously by Josepha or Josephine. She named her daughter Josephine. My grandpa was named after her as well, Joseph. I find Josepha a bit too masculine for my taste. I far prefer Josephine. I've never heard jo-SEE-fa.

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From your list I like
Josepha Harriet
Josepha Margaret
Josepha Pearl

I love Josepha! I actually know someone whose middle name is the French form, Josephe!
I like...
Josepha Adelaide
Josepha Alice
Josepha Bryony - only because it flows
Josepha Catherine
Josepha Clarimonde
Josepha Constance
Josepha Dorothy
Josepha Ermengarde - I really do love Ermengarde. Can anyone please tell me why it isn't in the database?
Josepha Gwendolen
Josepha Lillian
Josepha Margaret
Josepha Marion
Josepha Pearl
Josepha Petronel
Josepha Rosalind
Josepha Rosamond
Josepha Rosamund

Well...

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...actually, my opinion is the complete opposite of yours. Since the only Josepha I ever knew was a catty, conniving, bitter co-worker from a couple of years back, I *can't* think of the name as lovely OR dignified. Sorry.

I didn't like it at first but it's been growing on me a lot over time.

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I like (*love):

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Josepha Adeline
Josepha Alice *
Josepha Caroline
Josepha Catherine *
Josepha Constance *
Josepha Eleonore
Josepha Elinor
Josepha Emeline *
Josepha Helen
Josepha Lilian
Josepha Liliane
Josepha Margaret
Josepha Marigold
Josepha Marian *
Josepha Marion *
Josepha Rosalind *
Josepha Rosaline *
Josepha Rosamond *
Josepha Rosamund *
Josepha Rosemonde *

I like it pronounced the German way (also like Josipa). From your combos my faves are:

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Josepha Caroline
Josepha Clementine
Josepha Constance
Josepha Lilian
Josepha Margaret
Josepha Marigold
Josepha Marian

I like it a lot more than Josephine (ew). It sounds a little masculine so I think it needs a girly middle name. From your list I like: Josepha Adeline, Josepha Clementine, Josepha Constance, Josepha Eleanor, Josepha Eleonore (I love this one), Josepha Gwendolen, Josepha Lillian, Josepha Margaret and Josepha Pearl.

I adore Josepha. And I pronounce it the same way you do. Josepha is sophisticated and oh, so soft and earthy. It's not often that I put sophistication and earthiness in the same sentence to describe one name. But Josepha is like that -- unique. It's really an underappreciated gem.

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I know a woman who named her dd Hadassah Josephine. The mn was for the father's mn, Joseph. I didn't say it, but secretly I wish that she had saved it as Josepha for a 2nd dd. Hadassah and Josepha (Haddie and Seffie) as sisters makes me smile a mile.

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Your list is as gorgeous as ever. I'm going to pick the top three -- the ones I think really complement Josepha, in this order:

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Josepha Muriel
Josepha Bryony
Josepha Helen

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I wanted to pick Josepha Marion for the flow and general sound of it. But the virgin Mary and husband Joseph kept coming to mind. That's not a bad association. But it's distracting me from the overall feeling I'm after.

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ETA: I just re-read your original post. I pronounce Josepha as "jo-SEH-fuh" not "jo-SEE-fuh." Sorry for any confusion.

This message was edited 12/13/2009, 6:26 PM

Yes yes yes, adore.

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I give Josepha my highest support and I use the pronunciation you have specificed although it's not universal.