Jossie
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning God increases; diminutive of Joseph or Josephine.
Jossie by the numbers
Jossie was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 1926, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Jossie, 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)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Josephine
Like Jossie, 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)
- 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)
- Josettegod will increase; diminutive of Josephine41 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 Jossie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jessiewealthy; gift; form of Jessica or Jesse664 in the US (2017)
- Jessegod exists; gift from god980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jessiwealthy; a form of Jessica84 in the US (2017)
- Joriehe will uplift; a form of Jory29 in the US (2017)
- Joslinjoyous; cheerful; a diminutive of jocelyn22 in the US (2017)
- Jordieflowing down; a form of Jordan15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jossie
Names that are said the same way as Jossie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Jossie, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Jossie
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