Joey - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Joey \joey\, also used as boy's name Joey, is a variant of Josephine (Hebrew), and the meaning of Joey is "Jehovah increases".

The baby name Joey sounds like Jey and Joy. Other similar baby names are Joby, Jobey, Jody, Jodey, Joely, Joly, Joley, Jorey, Josy, Josey and Zoey.

Joey is a very common first name for women (#1895 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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