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View Name: Joey


JOEY
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: JO-ee   [key]
Meaning & History
Diminutive of JOSEPH. It is occasionally used as a feminine diminutive of JOSEPHINE or JOHANNA.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Jo, Joe, Jojo, Josie, Posie, Posy
DIMINUTIVES: Joetta, Jolene
FEMININE FORMS: Jody, Jodi, Jodie, Josepha
OTHER LANGUAGES: Joses (Biblical), Ioses (Biblical Greek), Finka, Ina, Joško, Joso, Jozo (Croatian), Hanna, Janne, Jonna, Jannicke, Jannike (Danish), Hanna, Hanne, Hannie, Jef, Jennigje, Joep, Johanneke, Joop, Joos, Joost, Jos, Sjef, Zef (Dutch), Joĉjo (Esperanto), Hanna, Hannele, Jenna, Jenni, Jonna, Juuso (Finnish), Fifi, Josette, Josiane (French), Hanna, Hanne, Jo, Sepp, Seppel (German), Nana (Greek), Jóska, Józsi (Hungarian), Beppe, Giosetta, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pino (Italian), Juozas (Lithuanian), Hanna, Janne, Jannicke, Jannike (Norwegian), Asia, Joasia (Polish), , Zezé (Portuguese), Seònaid (Scottish), Jože (Slovene), Pepe, Pepito (Spanish), Hanna, Jonna (Swedish), Yussel (Yiddish)
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