What Does the Name Journey Mean?

Journey is a girl's name of English (word name) origin meaning “a trip or passage; literally 'a day's travel'.”

Updated June 2026

Name	Journey
Gender	female
Origin	English (word name)
Meaning	a trip or passage; literally 'a day's travel'
Variants	Journee, Journi, Journie, Journée
Popularity	A rising U.S. virtue/word name used mostly for girls; entered the U.S. top 1000 in the 2000s and has trended upward since.

The meaning and origin of Journey

The name Journey means “a trip or passage; literally 'a day's travel'” and has English (word name) origins. Journey is a modern English vocabulary name drawn from the noun for a trip or voyage, which traces through Old French 'jornee' to Latin 'diurnum' ('day's portion'). It became popular as a given name in the U.S. in the early 2000s, valuing the metaphor of life as a journey.

Variants and related names

Journey is related to several other names you may recognize: Journee, Journi, Journie, Journée. These share a common root or are spelling and language variants of the same name.

How popular is the name Journey?

A rising U.S. virtue/word name used mostly for girls; entered the U.S. top 1000 in the 2000s and has trended upward since.

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