Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Josy is a diminutive of Josephine. Josephine comes from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Josy is a diminutive of Josephine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 0 boys · 83 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 465 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.
Josy’s family of names
In English usage, Josy is a diminutive of Josephine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Josy
- Josy StoffelLuxembourgian gymnast (1928–2021)
- Josy BraunLuxembourgian writer, journalist (1938-2012)
- Josy EisenbergFrench rabbi & animator (1933-2017)
- Josy Krauscyclist (1908-2001)
- Josy MoinetFrench politician (1929–2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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