How to say it
JOUR · nee
/ˈdʒɜːr.ni/
Feminine
Journee
Journey
What it means
A stylized respelling of the English word journey, a trip or passage through life.
Journee is a modern word name, the word journey dressed up with an -ee ending. It carries the hopeful, life-is-a-journey sentiment that drives names like Genesis and Destiny, and it climbed fast through the 2010s, especially in Black families. It runs in several spellings, Journey, Journi, Journee, all said the same. Bright and aspirational.
Popularity over time
peaked at #195 in 2022, currently #258 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Spelling
Journee, Journey, and Journi are the same word name; the -ee is the stylized form.
Spelling variants
- Journey
- Journi
- Journie
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