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Joci

Gender
Girl
Say it
JOH-see
Origin
Germanic

Joci is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Joci mean?

Germanic: spelling of Jocie; short form of Jocelyn, or of Josephine

A pet form usually of Jocelyn, sometimes of Josephine.

Meaning borrowed from Jocie.

Is Joci a girl's or a boy's name?

Joci is a girls' name.

How popular is Joci in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Joci in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 11 in 20072020
Joci in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20205#15,083
20190–
20180–
20170–
20166#14,326
20150–
20140–
20135#16,542
20128#12,193
20119#11,175
20100–
20097#13,698
200810#10,802
200711#10,125
20069#11,412
20056#14,495
20045#16,092
20037#12,401
20025#15,426
20010–
20000–
19995#14,403
19980–
19970–
19965#13,511

Names like Joci

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Joci

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Joci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joci, updated 20 October 2026.