Girl

Josiana

ho-see-AH-nuh

Rare & Uncommon → Stable

✦ Meaning

“Feminine elaboration of Jose (Hebrew Joseph, 'Jehovah increases'). Exotic and melodic with Spanish and Portuguese warmth.”

Popularity Over Time

Josiana US popularity rank over timeRank 18276 in 2011 to rank 11359 in 2016. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#11359#14818#18276201120202023

Josiana is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

HebrewPortugueseSpanish

Syllables

4

Nicknames

JosiAnaIana

Style

RomanticElegantEtherealSoft

Famous Bearers

  • Literary and historical usage

Collections

Works Everywhere → Beautiful But Not Top 100 →

Similar Names

Josefina

Hebrew Rare & Uncommon

Josepha

German Rare & Uncommon

Sibling Name Ideas

Adriana

Latin Beautiful But Not Top 100

Giuliana

Italian Beautiful But Not Top 100

Viviana

Italian Beautiful But Not Top 100

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Spanish/Portuguese origin with growing recognition

People Also Ask

Feminine elaboration of Jose (Hebrew Joseph, 'Jehovah increases'). Exotic and melodic with Spanish and Portuguese warmth.

Josiana is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. Usage has stayed pretty consistent over the past decade.

Popular nicknames for Josiana include Josi, Ana, Iana.

Names that pair beautifully with Josiana include Adriana, Giuliana, Viviana.