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 [ 1 syll. jo ] The girl name Jo is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced JHOW KEY. Jo's language of origin is Hebrew and English. It is predominantly used in English and German. The popularity of the name has been influenced by the character Jo March in the Louisa M. Alcott novel Little Women (1868). A form of the name is the Scottish Joina. Jo is a short form (English) of the English and Polish Joanna. Jo is also a short form of the English Jolene. Jo is also a short form (English and German) of the English Jane. Jo is also a short form of the English Joan. Jo is also a short form of the English Jodie. Jo is also a short form of the English Josephine. Jo is also a short form (English and German) of the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Johanna and a short form (English and German) of the English Joanne. See also the related forms, the English Jobeth, the German Jolina, and the German and English Joline. Jo is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1954 with 0.405% of baby girls being named Jo. It had a ranking of #53 then. The baby name has experienced a steep decline in frequency since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Jo, the English Josephine was the most widely used. In the last century Jo has mainly been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Jo include the English Joe, the English Jack, the English Jae, the English Jay, the English Jaye, the English and Scottish Jess, the English Joi, the English Joice, the Dutch Joke, the English Joss, the English, German, and Spanish Joy, the English Joyce, the English Joye, the Dutch Joyke, the English Jacci, the English Jacey, the English Jacki, the English Jackie, the English Jacky, and the French Jacqui. A famous person named Jo is J.K. (Jo) Rowling, Author, born Joanne Rowling 31 July 1965, Chipping Sodbury, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Jo: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
