Josbel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Josbel by the numbers

Josbel was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Josbel

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 Josbel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Josiel28 in the US (2017)
  • Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
  • Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
  • Jasielgod is my strength104 in the US (2017)
  • Josefgod shall increase; a form of Joseph14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jonielgod is gracious; a form of Daniel with Jo- prefix42 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Josbel

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