Name

Name JOSS

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,175 births of Joss in the countries below, which represents an average of 8 births of children bearing the first name Joss per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 34 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Joss
In Italiano

Nome Joss

Variations : Joce , Jocelyn

Information about the first name Joss

The first name Joss is listed in our categories :

Names of Game Of Thrones characters
Joss

The first name Joss has been assigned to:

93.96% to boys
6.04% to girls

The country where the first name Joss is the most common is:

United Kingdom

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Joss in Japanese ^*

Romaji	josu
Katakana	ジョス
Hiragana	じょす
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Joss in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Joss

English

Etymology

Verb usage evolved from the name of Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.

Etymology

From Chinese Pidgin English joss, from Macau Pidgin Portuguese, from Portuguese deus (“god”), from Latin deus (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god/that which belongs to heaven”).

Noun

joss (countable and uncountable, plural josses)
(countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
(countable) A heathen divinity.
(uncountable, informal) Luck.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔːs

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /dʒɒs/
Rhymes: -ɒs

Proper noun

Joss
A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.
A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
A surname.

Verb

Joss (third-person singular simple present Josses, present participle Jossing, simple past and past participle Jossed)
(fandom slang, transitive) To invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Joss.

Noun (Derived terms)

joss-block
joss stick
joss paper
joss house

Noun (Synonyms)

(luck): chance, fortune; see also Thesaurus:luck

Finnish

Etymology

Calque of English iff, jos with the final consonant doubled

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈjosː/, [ˈjo̞s̠ː]
Rhymes: -osː
Syllabification(key): joss

Popularity of the name Joss

Number of JOSS births per year

Popularity of the name Joss

Total births of Joss by country

		Births with the first name Joss
Country		Boys Girls
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	532 62
	France 1900 - 2022	458 0
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	30 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	13 7
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	20 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	16 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	14 2
	Germany 2000 - 2022	11 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	6 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	3 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	1 0

Popularity of the name Joss

Total births of Joss by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Joss
Country		Boys Girls
	United Kingdom 2021	21 7
	United State of America 2022	5 0
	Germany 2022	1 0

Comments on the name Joss

Personalities with the first name JossThere are 5 personalities with the first name Joss

Joss Whedon (Joseph Hill Whedon)

United states of america
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