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 [ 2 syll. jo-die, jod-ie ] The girl name Jodie is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHOWDiy KEY. Jodie is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. Forms of the name include the English names Jodee, Jodene, and Jodhi. Jodie is a form of the English and Hebrew Jodi in the English language. Jodie is also a short form of the English, French, and German Judith in the English language. Jodie is also a form of the English Joby. Other forms of Jodie include the English short form Jo and the English and Hebrew spelling variant Jodi. Jodie is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1974, 0.066% of baby girls were named Jodie. It was #249 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Jodie, the English, French, and German Judith was the most frequently used in 2008. Although Jodie is used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period prior to 1930 that it was more popular with boys. After 1950, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. In 1969, 15 times more girls than boys were given the name Jodie. Baby names that sound like Jodie include the English Jodee, the English Jodhi, the English and Hebrew Jodi, the English Jody, the Spanish Jacyth, the English Jada, the English Jadah, the English Jadie, the English Jayda, the Congo Jetta, the German Jetty, the Polish Joasta, the English Juda, the English Judi, the English Judie, the Hungarian and Scandinavian Judit, the English, Latvian, and Portuguese Judite, the English, French, and German Judith, the English and French Judithe, and the English Judy. A famous person named Jodie is Actress Jodie Foster, born Alicia Christian Foster 19 November 1962, Los Angeles, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Jodie: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
