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I think it's fine by itself. My grandmother is named Josie (it's not short for anything). I knew a girl named Josanne (pronounced Jo-zann) with the nn Josie. You could also use Joselyn or Jocelyn with the nn Josie maybe. Or how about Josette?

Josie is too nicknamey for me. Josie probably could be short for Joanne or Jolie.

I know two Josies-one is the given name, one is nn for Josephine. Josie is really cute and I think stands on it's own fine.

I love Josie, but only as a nn. Love Josephine too 9in my top 5).

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How about Josiana?

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~ Louise x

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"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."

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I love Josie- I think it's sweet but it would be too nney for me to use as a given name, and I don't like Josephine.

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Other than Josephine I think you could get away with Jocelyn.

I don't really like it. I always think of Josie and the Pussy Cats. I love Josephine though but would only use the nn Joey. I think I would prefer Josie as nn for something since it seems kind of childish and having a formal name for when they get older might be nice. What about Josette or even Jocelyn or Josiah (only on a boy)

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~~~~Kai~~~~
"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels." ~Faith Whittlesey

I think it's adorable. I like it as a nn for Josette, personally. But it can also work for Josepha, Joselyn, Josslyn, or Josceline. I think it's kind of too nicknamey to stand on its own, but it's still nice.

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"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot long than you'd like." - Garden State

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Hannah

This message was edited 5/1/2005, 8:28 PM

I don't care for Josie, but it is too nickname-y and immature to be a name in its own. I can only think of Josephine or Josephina, but I don't care for those either, as the male Joseph- element is too strongly within it.

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-Lissa Hannah-
My twelve !'s = Kipling, Barry, Mortimer, Miles, Marmaduke, Fletcher, Maris, Blanche, Gladys, Arlette, Glenda, and Juniper

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My ten ?'s = Pasquale, Archibald, Humphrey, Nigel, Bernard, Minna, Doris, Shirley, Cordelia, and Gertrude

I only like it as a nickname
I guess it would work as a nickname for several Jo names including
Joanna
Jocasta
Josephina

This message was edited 5/1/2005, 6:16 PM

I like it but I'm not sure if it can stand on its own for anyone over 25 years old. I like Josephina nn Josie.

I prefer it as a nickname, but I think it can stand alone.

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I love it as a nickname for Josephine, but it could also work for Jocelyn. I also know a girl whose full name is Joanna, but she goes by Josie.

I personally love Josie as a given name and a nickname and the only name I've found that I like Josie as a nickname for is Josephine