Jozi
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Jozi by the numbers
Jozi was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jozi
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 Jozi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jonigod is gracious; a form of Joan or Jonah111 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joijoy; gladness and pleasure; modern respelling of Joy73 in the US (2017)
- Jodia form of Jody, from Judith; praised48 in the US (2017)
- Joziegod increases; diminutive of Josephine42 in the US (2017)
- Josigod increases; a form of josephine or joseph22 in the US (2017)
- Jozygod increases; a form of Joseph15 in the US (2017)
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