Joey

Diminutive of Joseph
"Jehovah increases"

Joey Origin and Meaning

The name Joey is a boy's name meaning "Jehovah increases".

This nickname for popular and traditional Joseph has a long history of being used as a given name all on its own. Nonetheless, everyone will always assume that Joey is short for the longer form. It might be nice for a potential son to have the option of a more professional and classic name to fall back on.

# 909 in the US

Joey Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Joey

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Famous People Named Joey

  • Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb)
    American TV personality and Rat Packer
  • Joey Ramone (born Jeffrey Ross Hyman)
    American lead singer of punk band the Ramones
  • Joseph Marciano "Joey" Armstrong
    drummer of American rock band SWMRS
  • Joey Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna)
    American actor
  • Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone
    Jr., American singer of boy band 'NSYNC
  • Joseph Mulrey "Joey" McIntyre
    American singer of boy band New Kids on the Block
  • Joseph Michael "Joey" Richter
    American actor and singer
  • Joseph Anthony "Joey" Barton
    English footballer
  • Joey Don Essex
    English TV personality
  • Joey Brezinski
    American pro skateboarder
  • Joseph Christian "Joey" Chestnut
    American competitive eater
  • Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison
    American drummer of band Slipknot
  • Joseph Thomas "Joey" Logano
    American NASCAR driver
  • Bernard Joseph "Joey" Baron
    American jazz drummer
  • Joseph Scott "Joey" Galloway
    American NFL player
  • Joseph Michael "Joey" Kramer
    American drummer for band Aerosmith
  • Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood
    Canadian politician, first premier of Newfoundland
  • José María Ramos "Joey" de Leon
    Filipino comedian
  • Joseph Alberto "Joey" Santiago
    Filipino,American guitarist and composer
  • Joseph Daniel "Joey" Votto
    Canadian baseball player
  • Jose Manuel "Joey" Cora (Amaro)
    Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Joseph Wiley "Joey" Luft
    son of actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft
  • William Joseph "Joey" Dunlop
    Northern Irish motorcyclist
  • Joey Mercury
    ring name of Adam Birch, American pro wrestler
  • Joey Tempest
    stage name of Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, Swedish singer of band Europe
  • Joey Hand
    American racing driver
  • Joseph Richard "Joey" Jay
    American baseball pitcher
  • Joseph Patrick "Joey" Jones
    Welsh footballer
  • Joseph Michael "Joey" Graceffa
    American vlogger

The name Joey in Pop Culture

  • Joseph Francis "Joey" Tribbiani
    a main character on TV's "Friends" and "Joey"
  • Joseph Alvin "Joey" Gladstone
    character on TV's "Full House"
  • Joseph Michael "Joey" Stivic
    character on TV's "All in the Family"
  • Joseph "Joey" Jeremiah
    character on TV's Degrassi series
  • Joey Parker
    character in the movie "Another Cinderella Story"
  • Joey Motorola
    character in movie "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
  • Joey Wheeler
    character in anime "Yu,Gi,Oh! Duel Monsters"
  • Joey Coyle
    character in movie "Money for Nothing"
  • Jokota "Joey" Ryan Jupitara
    Character in webseries "Mephone`s World"
  • Joseph "Joey" Rooney
    character on TV's "Liv and Maddie"
  • Joey Montelone aka Tar Pit
    character on TV's "Flash"
  • Joey Drew
    character in the Indie video game "Bendy and the Ink Machine."
  • Joey
    cockroach on French animated series "Oggy and the Cockroaches"

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