Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Josje isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josje through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Josje’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Josje
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Josje, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Josh
“God . is salvation” · “God is salvation”
>99% boys
Jamel
“a handsome man”
>99% boys
Jarvis
“one who wields a spear”
>99% boys
Johnathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Jamar
“a handsome man”
>99% boys
Jacques
“he who supplants” · “heel grabber”
>99% boys
Jonathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Josef
“God shall add”
>99% boys