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Josephine Agius (née Warrior; 1934 – 2015), known as Aunty Josie, was an Aboriginal Australian health and culture educator and elder in South Australia. A Narungga, Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri, and Ngadjuri woman, Agius became well known for her Welcomes to Country at events and organisations.
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Josie Long is an English comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17.
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This name is also sometimes used as a diminutive of the masculine name Josiah.
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Josie is such a beautiful name. It is really girly and cute!
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It is also commonly pronounced JO-see. Depends on how you pronounce the ‘s’ in Josephine (as an ‘s’ or as a ‘z’), and it varies widely.
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Josie is a cute name. I think I might use it.
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It's kind of a "meh" name to me. Nothing specific I dislike about it, but I just don't like it for some reason. Could be the "JOES" at the beginning, idk.
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Super sexy.
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(WARNING: OPINION/j) I think Josie is better then Jo. But I wouldn't call my child Josie, it would be a nickname to me.
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My name is Jocelyn, my friends call me Josie. A lot of years people have made fun of my name. For a long time, I looked at comments and some are nice and and some mean.
I wanted my name to be Ari, but you know what, I don’t care anymore. I love my name so if there are comments or people who tell me
that it's stupid or that it's bad, I don’t care what you say because I am proud of my name and I will always be Josie.
Josie is a really cute name.
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I wanted my name to be Ari, but you know what, I don’t care anymore. I love my name so if there are comments or people who tell me
that it's stupid or that it's bad, I don’t care what you say because I am proud of my name and I will always be Josie.
Josie is a really cute name.
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I'm really sorry, but I can't take this name seriously. It sounds very silly to me, I'm really sorry about that, but I can't help it. Seriously, Josie?
Let's see, as a child nickname for a little girl whose name is Johanna or Josephine and only her family and close friends call her that, okay. Seem right. I like Jo, Hana or Phina better, but whatever you want. Josie is fine.
But if the girl is older or an adult, or as a full name, no way. Who would take a grown woman by the name of Josie seriously? Imagine a lawyer, judge or politician with that name. No, not that. Please. It sounds ridiculous.
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Let's see, as a child nickname for a little girl whose name is Johanna or Josephine and only her family and close friends call her that, okay. Seem right. I like Jo, Hana or Phina better, but whatever you want. Josie is fine.
But if the girl is older or an adult, or as a full name, no way. Who would take a grown woman by the name of Josie seriously? Imagine a lawyer, judge or politician with that name. No, not that. Please. It sounds ridiculous.
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I think Josie is a cute name. I like it as a given name and also as a nickname for Josephine, Joanne, Johanna.
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Don't EXACTLY see the appeal...
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As someone else said, Josi is a really cute, sassy and offbeat alternate spelling.
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The name Josie is packed with sugary sweetness. It's so cute! You could name your little girl this. I'm sure she'd love it. It's adorable, cheerful and positive. It sounds bright and bubbly.
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Josey Cirrini is one of the protagonists in the book 'The Sugar Queen' by Sarah Addison Allen. She is sweet, slightly insecure, addicted to candy and head over heels in love. Nice, responsible girl.
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Time to retire it.
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I actually think this is a really cute name/nickname. I think it's an awesome nickname for Josephine! However I do think it seems like it would be a little girl's name though.
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Kind of bratty-sounding, and infantile as an actual name. Jo is much nicer.
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I guess this could probably be a nickname for Joseph and other names with a similar sound as well.
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I don’t really like Josie. It’s really childish and a name that belongs to brats.
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Spoiled condescending brat.
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Nice enough name, but knew a not so nice girl with it and can't get past that association.
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Great as a nickname.
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One of my best friends' name is Josie, but it’s just Josie. Her identical twin is named Olive and their older sister is named Ruby. I personally really like the name Josie but I never really liked it until I met the girl. I think it’s really cute and pretty and it sounds sexy and attractive.
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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)
Note: in Arabic, Josie is transcribed with z (zayin) and it's meaning is the same as Joseph.
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Note: in Arabic, Josie is transcribed with z (zayin) and it's meaning is the same as Joseph.
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Josie from Mr Selfridge was lovely.
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My name is Josie, and I really love it! It sounds so springy and happy. Mine's not short for Josephine though; my full name is Josette. Also, I've only met about three other Josies in my entire life, so definitely good if you want a unique name.
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Josie Kellyn Bates Balka is the daughter of Gil and Kelly Jo. She is married to Kelton and has one daughter, Willow.
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Josie Brooklyn Duggar is the daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle of “19 Kids and Counting”.
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My name is Josie and I can’t imagine having any other name! It's short for Josephine but no one calls me that and I don’t really like it so I’m Josie. I’ll have my friends react really weird to sub teachers calling me Josephine and one time a kid was like “there’s no one in our class named Josephine!” I don't mind though. I have only ever met two other Josie’s in my whole life so I’m not sure how common it is. Some people say it Jo-See and others say it Jo-Zee and there isn’t really a difference to me.
Good middle names are Belle, Iris, violet. I just like those.
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Good middle names are Belle, Iris, violet. I just like those.
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Josie can also be a nickname for Joseph. If Josie can be a nickname for Josephine, it can be a nickname for any Jose- names.
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I like the name Josie, it sounds jaunty and friendly, but I prefer it as a nickname to Josephine. I have a friend called Josephine who alternately goes by Josie, Jo, Feeny and Fifi.
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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.
*as a first name, not a nickname.
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*as a first name, not a nickname.
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My little sister due soon in September is "Joseigh Belle". Pronounced (JO-SEE). I just love her name so much.
Joseigh
Josey
JOSIE
Jose
Josi
Josea
Josee
Josei.
Our middle name options were:
BELLE
Fayth
Iris
Adrian
Constync
Rose.
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Joseigh
Josey
JOSIE
Jose
Josi
Josea
Josee
Josei.
Our middle name options were:
BELLE
Fayth
Iris
Adrian
Constync
Rose.
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Billy the Kid, an outlaw from the Wild West, had a brother named Joseph who was recorded to go by the name "Josie." So no matter how feminine this name may seem, know that there was at least one male "Josie."
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Said Jo zee.
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I think this name is adorable. My best friend/cousin is a Josie and she is the cutest little 12 year old I've ever seen. She's so tiny and I call her Josie most of the time but occasionally JoJo. Her birth name is JOSIE not JOSIPHEEN (or how ever you spell that) you don't have to name your daughter Josepheen in order to call her Josie!
Some cute "Josie" nicknames:
JoJo
Jose (Ho-say)
Jo
Josie Wosie
Jopsey
Middle names:
Josie Ann (my cousin name)
Josie Rose
Josie Marie
Josie Camille
Josie Lynn
Josie Margarat
Josie Eloise.
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Some cute "Josie" nicknames:
JoJo
Jose (Ho-say)
Jo
Josie Wosie
Jopsey
Middle names:
Josie Ann (my cousin name)
Josie Rose
Josie Marie
Josie Camille
Josie Lynn
Josie Margarat
Josie Eloise.
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My birth name is Josie, not Josephine. So you don't have to call your child Josephine just to call her Josie.
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My name is Josette. My nickname is Josie. We don't pronounce it Joe-zee. We pronounce it Jo-see. Josette is a derivative of Josephine.
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Also:
Josey
Josi
Josee
And
Josy.
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Josey
Josi
Josee
And
Josy.
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Even though the spelling has been changed, there is a song by "Hey Monday" called "Josey".
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In the song "Your Love" by The Outfield mentions a girl named Josie ("Josie's on a vacation far away" is the opening line).
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Reminds me of Josie Duggar, who was born prematurely.
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This is my dear friend's name, short for Josephine, and I love her very much so that makes me love the name too. Pretty and sweet, just like her :)
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Josie Geller, played by Drew Barrymore, was the main character in the 1999 romantic comedy film "Never Been Kissed" (she mentions that she was named after Josie and the Pussycats). It's an adorable, funny, romantic film that I very highly recommend!
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Josie is sooooooo much better than "Jo". Josey is such a beautiful name, like "Rose" but better. I can't believe anyone who doesn't like this name! I'm going to name my daughter Josephine just so that I can call her Josie. :)
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I wouldn't describe the name Josie as cute, as I have a Great-Aunt with this name.
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Um, apparently the African translation of this name means "devil". No offense meant to anyone, I just thought it should be taken into consideration.
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It's cute, but it makes me think of Josie and the Pussycats.
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British actress Josie Lawrence.
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This is cute and, at the same time, very rich -- one of the most wholesome nicknames out there.
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I have always hated this pet form of Josephine, and would prefer it if Josephines went by Jo. Even Joey is better. The name just sounds ugly to me.
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Josie of "Josie and the Pussycats", Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the '70's.
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Good nickname for Josette.
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Used in the book The Westing Game. The character was Judge JJ Ford. JJ stood for Josie-Jo.
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Josie Pye was a character in the book "Anne of Green Gables".
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I named my dog after a girl in my favorite "children's television" at that time, Josie Smith.
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Josie is the name of a sweet (but punky) song by Blink 182.
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Cute, cute, cute!
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I find that the majority of parents whom choose this name pronounce it Jowz-ee, which, for some reason bothers me! If it is spelled Josie, then pronounce it Jows-ee! That way, it sounds more puerile (in a good way, of course), tranquil and prepossesing to the child, so people can probably expect a child that is eagerly compliant in living her life.
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I think this is a very beautiful name, for any girl. And a cute, different spelling is Josi.
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Josie can also be a short name for Jocelyn or Joseline.
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I wouldn't associate Josie with any other name than Josephine.
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Just plain CUTE!
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Also is a nickname for Josephine!
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Rachel Leigh Cook played the title role in the movie "Josie and the Pussycats." The movie was taken from a comic book.
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