Josey
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god increases; form of Joseph.
Josey by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Josey. In the US, 116 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 106 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Josey, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Giuseppegod will increase; Italian form of Joseph109 in the US (2017)
- Josephinagod shall increase; feminine form of Joseph102 in the US (2017)
- YousifGod will increase; form of Joseph31 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Josefgod shall increase; a form of Joseph14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Josepgod will increase; catalan form of joseph5 in the US (2017)
- Jorey6 in the US (2017)
- Josen5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Josey, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Josey
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