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Joey name meaning

“diminutive of Joseph, 'he will add'”

Letters
4
Syllables
2
First letter
J
Origin
English · Hebrew
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂♀ Unisex
Peak 2000s: 7.7%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s7.7%
2010s–

English origin

Joey is a diminutive of Joseph, meaning 'he will add', used for both boys and girls.

What does Joey mean?

Diminutive of Joseph, 'he will add'

In Malay: bentuk manja bagi Joseph, 'dia akan menambah'

Sources (2)

About the name Joey

Joey is a diminutive of Joseph, and sometimes of Josephine or Johanna. Joseph comes from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning 'he will add'. The name is used for both boys and girls; according to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 1,126 baby girls.

Gender♂♀ Boys and girls
OriginEnglish, Hebrew
SyllablesJo-ey

Joey in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 1,126 · 7.7%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Joey as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Joey · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Joseph · behindthename.com · meaning

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