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Josette

Josette means "French diminutive of Josephine" and comes from French, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It peaked back in the 1970s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. 1968 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

FrenchFrench diminutive of Josephine
EtymologyMeaning "God will add"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
18
1920s
38
1930s
129
1940s
402
1950s
574
1960s
1,358
1970s
1,435
1980s
532
1990s
637
2000s
501
2010s
387
Peaked in the 1970s · 6,011 total U.S. births since 1900