Josilyn
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will increase; a form of Josiah.
Josilyn by the numbers
Josilyn was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Josiah
Like Josilyn, each of these traces back to Josiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josiahthe Lord supports6,988 in the US (2017)
- Joziahgod supports, god is strong; variant of Josiah301 in the US (2017)
- JosiasGod supports; a form of Josiah137 in the US (2017)
- JosiyahGod supports or heals; a spelling variant of Josiah59 in the US (2017)
- Jahsiahthe Lord supports; a respelling of Josiah44 in the US (2017)
- Josyahgod supports; variant of Josiah33 in the US (2017)
- YosiahGod supports; variant of Josiah12 in the US (2017)
- JozyahGod is salvation; a variant of Josiah9 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josilyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
- Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)
- Josslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn108 in the US (2017)
- Josalynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn45 in the US (2017)
- Joshlyngod is salvation; a form of Joshua17 in the US (2017)
- Jocilyncheerful; a modern respelling of Jocelyn9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Josilyn
Names that are said the same way as Josilyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 in the US (2017)
- Josselynmember of the Gauts people; a form of Jocelyn94 in the US (2017)
- Joselinjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn54 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)
Other names that mean God
Like Josilyn, 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 Josilyn
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