Given name & surname
Josse
Josse is a masculine given name from Occitan. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 5 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 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 159 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Josse’s family of names
In French usage, Josse has a later derivative in Joslin. In German usage, Josse has a related form in JODOKUS. In French usage, Josse has a related form in Josquin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Josse has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Occitan roots to each of them.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joseequivalent
- JoyceEnglish
- Jossequivalent
- Josselinequivalent
- Joslinderivative · English
- Joštequivalent
- Josselequivalent
- Joostequivalent
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People named Josse
- JudocBreton noble and Catholic saint600–668
- Joos van CraesbeeckFlemish painter (1605–1660)
- Josse LieferinxeFrench painter1500–1508
- Josse de CorteFlemish sculptor active in Italy (1627-1679)
- Josse De PauwBelgian actor (born 1952)
- Josse BoutmyBelgian composer1697–1779
- Jose ben JoseEarly payyetan who lived in Israel in the 4th to 5th century
- Josse van der BarenFlemish painter of history paintings (1550–1614)
- Josse Mertens de Wilmarsjurist, European Court of Justice President (1912–2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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