Meanings
- A female given name from French.
Mike Bossy was always the peacemaker in his own household. Whenever his daughters, Josiane and Tanya, fought, he’d tell them to stop, that he didn’t want conflict.
2024 February 22, Ethan Sears, “How auctioning off Mike Bossy’s memorabilia rekindled memories of home for one of his daughters”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 20243 more examples
Josiane Hayat, a daughter of Rosette Hayat of Rego Park, Queens, and the late David Edouard Hayat of Alexandria, Egypt, was married yesterday to Dr. Peter Michael Gottesfeld, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gottesfeld of Teaneck, N.J., and Stockbridge, Mass.
1985 September 2, “Josiane Hayat Is Bride of Dr. Peter Gottesfeld”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015Author of the study, Dr Josiane Broussard, an assistant research professor at the department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado, said: "In this short-term study, we found that two long nights spent catching up on lost sleep can reverse the negative metabolic effects of four consecutive nights of restricted sleep."
2016 January 29, Eleanor Ross, “Sleep deprivation could lead to diabetes, study finds”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2016The son of Leroy and Ruth Cope, Eugene was preceded in death by his daughter, Josiane Cope Davis, and siblings, William, Pearle Mae, Herschel, and Harold, and is survived by many nieces and nephews in Georgia.
2022 February 2, “[Obituaries] Sergeant Major Eugene Cope (Ret.)”, in The Huntsville Times, volume 112, number 137, Huntsville, Ala., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A13, column 5
Origin
- FrenchJosiane
- EnglishJosiane
From French Josiane.
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Josiane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Josiane
“Josiane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Josiane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Josiane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Josiane.
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