Josie

Josie may have a lot of meanings, stemming either from "Joseph" to "Josaiah" to "Joshua" and "Hosanna" and even "Jessie". But if you want to transcribe it in Hebrew, or link it to Hebrew meaning, you need to pick between Joseph and the others because the S (samekh) in Joseph is different than the S (shin) in the other names. The sound of Josie can be pleasant to hear and easy to pronounce for everybody. But after a few days of thinking about it, this name makes me extremely sad. For me it has become cloudy, grey, since the old song "Georgy Girl" keeps popping into my head. It's totally out of my control. Josie is so phonetically close to Georgie that I can't help it. I can't stand the song Georgie Girl- it not only makes me sad, but even nauseous. It is a good name, but that song is ruining it for me personally. Maybe Josie sounds too boyish, I don't know (though unisex names are cool)

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Note: in Arabic, Josie is transcribed with z (zayin) and it's meaning is the same as Joseph.

In 2018, 2 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Josie* who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 040th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

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*as a first name, not a nickname.