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 [ 2 syll. joe(y), jo-ey ] The girl name Joey is also used as a boy name, and more commonly so. It is pronounced JHOWiy KEY. Joey's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. Joey is an English form of the English, French, and German Joelle. Joey is also an English pet form of the English and Polish Joanna. Joey is also a pet form of the English Josephine. Joey is also a pet form of the English Joella. Joey is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1974, 0.015% of baby girls were named Joey. It had a ranking of #660 then. The baby name has seen a marked decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Within the family of girl names directly related to Joey, the English Josephine was the most regularly used in 2008. Joey has in the last century been mainly given to boys. There were 6 times more boys than girls who were named Joey in 1979. Baby names that sound like Joey include the English Jacci, the English Jacey, the English Jacki, the English Jackie, the English Jacky, the French Jacqui, the French Jacquie, the Polish Jaga, the Polish Jasia, the Indian Jaya, the English Jaycee, the English Jecca, the German Jella, the Frisian Jesca, the English Jessa, the English Jessah, the English Jessca, the English Jesscia, the English Jesse, and the English Jessi. KEY: Pronunciation for Joey: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
