Jody - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Jody \j(o)-dy\ is pronounced JOH-dee. It is of English origin. Nickname for Joseph (Hebrew) "Jehovah increases" and Jude. Literary: Jody is the young hero in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Yearling". More likely a girl's name.

Jody has 3 variant forms: Jodey, Jodi and Jodie.

For more information, see also the related name Judah.

Baby names that sound like Jody are Addy, Aodh, Eddy, Woody, Jade, Jed, Jedd, Jada, Joed, Judd and Jud.

Jody is a popular male first name and an uncommon surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jody. Click here to compare Jody with related baby names.