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 [ 2 syll. jo-die, jod-ie ] The boy name Jodie is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is JHOWDiy KEY. Jodie is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Jodie is a variant of the name Joseph (English, French, and German) in the English language. Jodie is also a variant spelling of the name Jody (English). Jodie is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1907 with 0.011% of baby boys being given the name Jodie. Its ranking then was #608. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is today of very light use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Jodie, Joseph (English, French, and German) was the most widely used. Though Jodie is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period before 1930 that it was given more often to boys. From 1950 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Jodie. In 1969, Jodie as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 15 times. Baby names that sound like Jodie include Jodey (English), Jodi (English), Jody (English), Jada (Bari), Jadee (English), Jady (English), Jawdat (Arabic), Jawwad (Arabic), Jaydie (English), Jaydy (English), Jedrzej (Polish), Juda (English and German), Judah (English), Justo (English), Geddy (English), Giuda (Italian), Giusto (Italian), Jade (English), Jed (English), and Jedd (English). 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)"   |
