Joji as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Joji

What is the meaning of the name Joji ?

The baby name Joji is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈdʒoʊdʒi/ (JOH-jee); Japanese: /dʑoːdʑi/ (Jōji, long o).

Joji is Japanese in Origin.

Joji is a cross-cultural masculine name with two chief sources. In Japanese, Joji romanizes Jōji, written ジョージ when used as the phonetic rendering of "George," or with kanji such as 譲治, 丈二, or 城二, whose meanings vary (e.g., "yield/govern," "stature/two," "castle/two"). As a form of George, it traces to Greek Georgios, from ge "earth" + ergon "work," conveying "farmer" or "earth-worker."

Usage spans modern Japan and South Asian Christian communities, especially in Kerala, where Joji functions as an independent given name related to George alongside Varghese and Geevarghese. The name gained broader visibility through artists and public figures named Joji. Variants and cognates include Jōji (with macron), George, Georgi/Georgy, Jorge, Joris, Jerzy, Giorgi, and Gheorghe; Japanese katakana spelling is ジョージ. Because Japanese kanji choices are flexible, the semantic nuance in Japan depends on the characters selected, while the pan-European line retains the agrarian meaning of George.