Josie - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Josie \j(o)-sie\ is pronounced JOH-see. It is of English origin. Pet form of Josephine, now widely used as an independent given name.

Josie has 3 variant forms: Josette, Josina and Jozette.

Baby names that sound like Josie are Josee, Issie, Jacie, Jessie, Jesse, Josy, Josey, Joice, Joyce and Joyse.

Josie is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Josie. Click here to compare Josie with related baby names.