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I would NEVER use Joey on a girl. I would use Jo, or Joie, or Josie.

I like it better than just Jo. Joey seems spunky & tomboyish but in a cute way.

I don't like it at all. It's totally masculine to me.

Awesome, but I love boyish nicknames on girls:
Jo/Joey
Sam/Sammy
Alex
Dan/Dani

Somebody tried this with my mother once (she's a Joanna) and got a very withering response. I can imagine it on a very little girl, but not on anyone older, or with any dignity. Also, it makes me think of baby kangaroos!

I find it trite and rather nasty. And I see it a lot, mostly on stout middle-aged ladies named Johanna.

I know a Joanna that goes by Joey. It's really just a fun nickname from high school that friends would call her. At first I thought it was a little strange as Joey is more for a 5 yr old boy to me, not a young woman but it's grown on me.

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I see it more for Joanna though. For Josephine I'd rather not see a nickname (as I love the name too much to give it a nickname).

I like it. Masculine nicks for girls are fine by me as long as there is another option to fall back on (Joanna, Josephine, Joelle, Joely, Jocelyn).

I think it's cool, but it reminds me of Joey Potter from "Dawson's Creek."

I think it's really sweet for a little girl, and that it's cute on an adult in informal settings, though I like Josie a bit better. My favorites it could be a nn for are Josepha and Josette.

I don't like Joey on a girl. Jo is okay. But Posy is silly, and Josie reminds me of Josie and the Pussycats (which is not a bad association, but still).

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Josephine and Joanna are both pretty on their own.

I really like it for a child. I'm not as sure about for an adult, but on the right person it would work.

I don't like boyish nicknames on girls. At all.

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Says the mother of Victoria nn Torrie who says she went to high school with several black boys nicknamed Tori, short for Dantorius and the like.

Jacinta

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I have a beautiful friend Jacinta who goes by Joey

Works if Josephine is a tomboy. I personally prefer Posy

I don't have a problem with it, I'm not fussed about nicknames. But my fave nickname for Josephine is Josie.