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Jo name meaning

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in 2010
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What does the name Jo mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Jo

User Submitted Origins

English
59%
Hebrew
21%
French
17%
Scottish
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 3 people from all over the world agree the name Jo is of Scottish origin and means "sweetheart".
  2. A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Jo means "Strengthened by God, brave-hearted. short female version of Joseph - Biblical" and is of Hebrew origin.
  3. A submission from North Carolina, U.S. says the name Jo means "She shall add; derived from Joseph".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Jo
A sweetheart; a darling.

Etymology: Etymol. uncertain
Wiktionary
  1. A diminutive of the female given names Josephine, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, and Jolene. Often used in conjoined names such as Jo Ann or Mary Jo.
  2. A rare spelling variant of Joe, diminutive of the male given name Joseph.

Jo was also found in the following language(s): Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, and Norwegian

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Notable Persons Named Jo

Notable Persons Named Jo

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch is an actress and singer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1959 to present. Raquel was given the name Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5th, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Jo Jung-suk

Jo Jung-suk is an actor. His ongoing career started in 2004. Jo was born on December 26th, 1980 in Seoul. Jo is also known as Cho Jung-seok, Cho, and Jung-seok.

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Jo In-sung

Jo In-sung is an actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1998 to present. Jo was born on July 28th, 1981 in Seoul. Jo is also known as Zo In-sung.

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Jo Cox

Jo Cox is a for Batley, Spen, and Member of parliament. Her ongoing career started in 2015. Jo was born on June 22nd, 1974 in Batley, England.

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Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø is a crime fiction and musician. Jo was born on March 29th, 1960 in Oslo, Norway.

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Jo Johnson

Jo Johnson is a Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit, for Orpington, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Head of theNumber 10 Policy Unit, Member of Parliament, forOrpington, Department for Business, Innovation, Skills, and. Jo was born on December 23rd, 1971 in London.

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  • Jo Koy
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    Actor
  • Jo Brand
    Comedian
  • Jo Kwon
    Singing
  • Jo O'Meara
    Musician
  • Jô
    Soccer Player
  • Cho Jin-woong
    Actor
  • Jo Frost
    Nanny
  • Jo Yoon-hee
    Actor
  • So Yi-hyun
    Actress
  • Jo Stafford
    Musician
  • Jo Ann Pflug
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    Actress
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Notable Persons With the Last Name Jo

Notable Persons With the Last Name Jo

Jô

Jô is a soccer player for the Jiangsu Suning F.C., Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, PFC CSKA Moscow, Manchester City F.C., Everton F.C., Galatasaray S.K. (football), Sport Club Internacional, Clube Atlético Mineiro, Al Shabab (Dubai), Brazil national under-23 football team, and Brazil. Jô was born on March 20th, 1987 in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Sumi Jo

Sumi Jo is a lyric coloratura soprano, coloratura soprano, and lyriccoloratura soprano. She has had major accomplishments since 1980. Sumi was born on November 22nd, 1962 in Changwon, South Korea.

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Samantha Jo

Samantha was given the name Samantha Tjhia on March 29th, 1991 in Barrie.

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Myong-rok Jo

Myong-rok was born on July 12th, 1928. He died on November 6th, 2010.

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Tim Jo

Tim Jo is an actor. Tim was given the name Timothy William Jo on April 20th, 1984 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

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Erika Jo

Erika Jo is a country music singing. She was most active from 2005 to 2005. Erika was given the name Erika Jo Heriges on November 2nd, 1986.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Jo U.S.
█  White 6.80% 64.26%
█  African American 1.70% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 85.23% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.67% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 4.43% 16.26%

Of Last Name Jo

People with the last name Jo are most frequently Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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Fun Facts about the name Jo

  • What name lists does Jo rank for?
    #28Girl Names Unique to the South
  • How Popular is the name Jo? Jo is the 411th most popular name of all time. As a last name Jo was the 9,108th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Jo have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 180,654 babies born with the first name Jo in the United States. That's more than enough people named Jo to occupy the country of Sao Tome and Principe with an estimated population of 172,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Jo? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Jo first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Jo is Wednesday, March 5th, 1873.
  • What year had the most people named Jo born? The highest recorded use of the first name Jo was in 1954 with a total of 8,052 babies. That's a lot of babies named Jo!
  • Random Jo Factoid: According to the 1949 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Jo ranks 74th in popularity as a baby girl's name in New Mexico. Imagine that, 32 babies in New Mexico have the same name in 1949.
  • Weird things about the name Jo: The name spelled backwards is Oj. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Jo. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Jo? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 3,588 people with the last name Jo.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Jo? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Jo as their last name.
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