Josie: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “God will add”
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- JOH-zee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Diminutive of Josephine or occasionally Joseph, ultimately from Hebrew Yosef. Josie has long been used in English as an independent given name as well as a nickname.
How popular is Josie?
Babies named Josie in 20242,893
2024 rank#88 girls
Peak year1885
Total US babies since 188072,858
Josie is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Josie
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Josie questions
What does the name Josie mean?
Josie means "God will add". It comes from Hebrew. Diminutive of Josephine or occasionally Joseph, ultimately from Hebrew Yosef. Josie has long been used in English as an independent given name as well as a nickname.
Is Josie a boy or girl name?
Josie is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Josie?
2,893 US babies were named Josie in 2024. Its peak year was 1885.
How do you pronounce Josie?
Josie is usually pronounced JOH-zee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.