Journey: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “travel; passage”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- JUR-nee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (91% of all uses)
Journey is a modern English word name taken directly from the vocabulary word. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than traditional.
How popular is Journey?
Babies named Journey in 20241,042
2024 rank#322 girls
Peak year2018
Total US babies since 188022,024
Journey has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.
Names like Journey
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Journeemodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
- Journimodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
- Journiejourney · English
- Journeimodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
- Jurneemodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
- Oliviaolive tree · English
- Evelyndesired; little bird · English
- Harperharp player · English
Journey questions
What does the name Journey mean?
Journey means "travel; passage". It comes from English. Journey is a modern English word name taken directly from the vocabulary word. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than traditional.
Is Journey a boy or girl name?
Journey is mainly a girl's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Journey?
1,042 US babies were named Journey in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.
How do you pronounce Journey?
Journey is usually pronounced JUR-nee.
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.