Can you have Josie as a stand alone name?

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Or does it have to be short for Josephine? Can it be short for anything else? I love Josie, but not sure about Josephine as don't generally like diminutives added on to male names. But should she have the flexibility of using both full name and nick name?

do wha you like

i think its fine

I think Josie is a really sweet name, and see no reason why it can't stand alone.

My niece is called Josie... she's 2 and extremely cute!

There are two Josies at the school I work at and neither is Josephine, just Josie. I love the name, I might have called DD Josie, but it just doesn't go with our surname.

Lovely name

Josie Jump is my name... (Balamorie for the uninitiated)

Lovely name... might use it myself

I don't see why not; very nice name on its own. There's one on my street, age 5. Her sister is Sadie, not short for anything either.

My fabulous little sis is called Josie as stand alone and she is now 30 and always loved it.I am also v jealous as I got the Katie/Katherine thing and it is a pain in the ass having 2 names! Go for the short version, I hate all that "may want to use the longer version". Anyway rant over! Josie is a cool name.

José (pronounced the same as Josie) is my grandmother's name. It does look like 'Hosay' spelt that way, though!

My dd is Joanna and often calles Josie

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i know a 2 year old called Josie. Cute name

How are you pronouncing Josie?
Jo-zee or Jo-see ?

i think I prefer joseee with a soft s sound not z

I believe it's actually against the law and likely to affect her self-esteem and burgeoning sexual expression.

Josiane?
But I think it's fine on it's own

the reason I asked about pronounciation is that I was very (very) nearly going to call my DD Josie, but I got put off by everyone who I mentioned the name to pronouncing it differently, as either Jo-zee or Jo-see... and I guess I didn't want DD to have to go through that all her life. It is a lovely name though!

i know a jocelyn nick name josie

My dd is Josie, just Josie, she was named after one of my close friends, who is also just Josie. I love it.

I think so.

Josie Lawrence (actress/comediene)

Jocelyn?

If you like the name, use it. Do not worry about what others think!!!!

Gorgeous name. Love, love, love it. Would seriously consider TTC DC3 in order to use it!

I'd use it. It's a lovely name.

Josie is the correct feminine form of Joseph.

It is not short for anything.

Josephine (first attributed to Napoleon's mistress) is actually the diminutive of Josie, not the other way round.

Ironic that there should be a query on here as to whether this is a "proper" name, in the era of "Jack", "Freddy", "Ollie" etc.

As to the calling your child Josie - you can't go wrong with it really. It is Biblical, un-pretentious and whilst slightly middle-class would not really give any clues away as to age or social standing.