Girl · English pet form of a Hebrew name
Josie
Say it: JOH-see
Meaning
A pet form of Josephine, from Hebrew Yosef 'he will add'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a full given name in the US since the 1800s, with a revival in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 62,840 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1885, about 1 in 631 girls
- 1,994 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Josey
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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