Josette
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will increase; diminutive of Josephine.
Josette by the numbers
Josette was given to 41 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 502 babies in 1968, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Josephine
Like Josette, each of these traces back to Josephine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- JosephineGod will add2,791 in the US (2017)
- Josiegod increases; diminutive of Josephine1,524 in the US (2017)
- Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 in the US (2017)
- Joselynngod will increase; a form of Josephine50 in the US (2017)
- Jogod will increase; a form of Josephine49 in the US (2017)
- Joziegod increases; diminutive of Josephine42 in the US (2017)
- Josefinegod increases; a form of Josephine17 in the US (2017)
- JozelynGod will increase; a form of Josephine or Jocelyn12 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josette. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Josette, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Josette
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