Josai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Josai by the numbers

Josai was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Josai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jasai17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Josiahthe Lord supports6,988 in the US (2017)
  • Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
  • Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
  • Jonashe provided; a form of Jonah687 in the US (2017)
  • Johangod is gracious; a form of John576 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Josai

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