Josie-Leigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Josie-Leigh is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add + wood, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Josie-Leigh mean?
Hebrew: Josie + Leigh
“he will add + wood, meadow”
Joins Josie (Hebrew, “he will add”) and Leigh (“wood, meadow”).
Meanings borrowed from Josie and Leigh.
Is Josie-Leigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Josie-Leigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josie-Leigh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Josie-Leigh, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Josie-Leigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Josie-Leigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Josie-Leigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah, Annie, Eliza, Elsie, Ottilie, Athena, Miriam, Fatima, Aurora, Eliana, Hazel, Nancy
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josie-Leigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josie-leigh, updated 20 October 2026.