Josie

Josie meaning

Josie is an international and Christian girl's name of Hebrew origin (English pet form).

Pet form of Josephine: Hebrew Yosef, 'let him add'

Also used to mean: God will increase

Josie is the friendly short form of Josephine, and it is now also used as a full name. Josephine is the feminine of Joseph, the Hebrew Yosef, which Strong's concordance translates as "let him add", from a verb meaning to add or increase. In Genesis, Rachel names her son Joseph praying that God will give her another child, and the son became the Joseph of the many-coloured coat who rose to govern Egypt. Name lists give Josie as "God will increase", in keeping with this. Its two light syllables, JOH-see, are easy to say, and it pairs naturally with longer Indian surnames.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary, H3130 · entry Yowceph (יוֹסֵף) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Strong's H3130, Yowceph (biblehub.com)

Popularity abroad

• #82 United States, girls 2025 (up 6 from 88 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #250 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Josie · Josey · Josy

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