Jovie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 229 babies a year in the US.
How Jovie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #921 |
| 2021 | #766 |
| 2022 | #733 |
| 2023 | #588 |
| 2024 | #625 |
| 2025 | #521 |
Jovie by the numbers
In 2025, 33 babies in England and Wales were named Jovie. In the US, 229 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Jovie
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 Jovie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Josiegod increases; diminutive of Josephine1,524 in the US (2017)
- Joliepretty, cheerful437 in the US (2017)
- Joiejoy46 in the US (2017)
- Joziegod increases; diminutive of Josephine42 in the US (2017)
- Jodiepraised; form of judith8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joriehe will uplift; a form of Jory29 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jovie
Names that are said the same way as Jovie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jovi25 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jovie
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