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Name meaning & stats

Josey

Josey means “(God) shall add” (French origin). 4,226 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.

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What it means

“(God) shall add”

FrenchSpelling of Josie

In US birth records

Peak year: 2012

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4,226 US babies were named Josey between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Josey (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 16 Josies spell it Josey

  • Josie 87%
  • Josey 6%
  • Jozie 2%
  • Josi 2%
  • Jossie 1%
  • Jocie 1%
  • Jozi <1%
  • Jozy <1%
  • Jozey <1%
  • Joci <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2012)