Josie - Meaning of Josie
What does Josie mean?
[ 2 syll. jo-sie, jos-ie ] The baby girl name Josie is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced JHOW-Ziy- †. Josie's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. Josie is a diminutive (English) of the French Joséphine and a diminutive of the English, French, and German Josephine.
See also the related categories, english and hebrew.
Josie is a popular baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1960s. At the recent height of its usage in 2018, 0.085% of baby girls were named Josie. It had a ranking of #192 then. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to Josie, Josephine was the most regularly used. It was more commonly used than Josie by 93% in that year. In the last century Josie has mainly been a baby girl name.
Baby names that sound like Josie include Jozi, Jaasau, Jacci, Jacey, Jacki, Jackie, Jacky, Jacqi, Jacqua, Jacqui, Jacquie, Jae Hwa, Jaey, Jaha, Jahi, Jaia, Jaki, Jaquai, Jasa, and Jasia.
† Pronunciation for Josie: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
A famous person named Josie is Josie and the Pussycats, Animated Character, born 12 September 1970.
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