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What does Josie mean?
Josie 
as a girls' name is pronounced JOH-see. It is of English origin. Pet form of Josephine, now widely used as an independent given name.
STARTS WITH Jos-
Variations
VARIANTS Josette, Josina, Jozette
RELATIONS VIA JOSEPHINE Jo▼, Joette, Joey, Joline, Josana, Josanne, Josee, Josefa, Josefine, Josephe, Josey, Josiane, Josianne, Josy, Jozsa
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jasie, ..
(male) Jous, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Josie Montserrat (J.M.), ..
How popular is Josie?
Josie is a very prominent first name for females (#543 out of 4276, Top 13%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#68973 out of 150436, Top 46%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Josie entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its apex rank of #131 in the U.S. then, and is at #192 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Josie (#192 FROM RECENT DATA) listed in the Top 2000 are Josephine (#91), Joey (#1447), Jo, Joette, Joline, Josefa, Josefine, Josette and Josey. Adoption of these forms of Josie was at its apex a century ago (USAGE OF 0.81%) and is now much diminished (USAGE 0.28%, 65% LESS), with versions such as Jo falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Josie is alike in pronunciation to Jacee, Jaycie▼, Jessa, Jesse▼, Jessey, Jessi▼, Jessia, Jessie▼, Jessy, Jessye, Joci, Josee, Josey, Josy and Joycie. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bobie, Bonie, Casie▼, Codie, Corie, Dasie, Docie, Dorie, Dorsie, Elsie▼, Essie▼, Honie, Ionie, Issie, Jacie▼, Jamie▼, Janie▼, Jenie, Joanie, Jobie, Jocia, Jodi▼, Jodie▼, Joi, Joia, Joice, Joie, Joli, Jolie▲, Joliet, Jolin, Joline, Jolise, Jone, Jonee, Joni▼, Jonie, Joolie, Jordie, Jorie, Josiane, Joslin, Joss, Joyce▼, Joyse, Judie▼, Kasie▼, Kodie, Korie, Lonie▼, Lotie, Nonie, Rodie, Rosie▼, Roxie▼, Susie▼, Tonie, Torie, Toshie and Yolie. These names tend to be less frequently used than Josie.
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