Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Joey
/JOH · ee/
Meaning
“Joseph”
Diminutive of Joe (Joseph), used as a standalone given name; famously associated with the Friends character, which gave it a pop-culture boost in the 1990s.
Nicknames
joe
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
The Friends association gives it a 1990s feel - warm and approachable but generationally stamped.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and UK from the 1980s-2000s; still used but past its peak.