Josey

Where Josey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Josey.

  • Vowel-ended
Josey through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1998
    Peak, #1,774
    88 babies named Josey, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, short for Josephine.
Namesakes

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