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♀ Jody (girl)
What does Jody mean?
Jody 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Jody) is pronounced JOH-dee. Feminine of nicknames for Joseph and Jude. May also be a pet form of Joan and Judith, or a playful elaboration of Jo. Actress Jodie Foster.
STARTS WITH Jo-
ASSOCIATED WITH playful (joy)
Variations
VARIANTS Jodee, Jodey, Jodi▼, Jodie▼
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA JO, JOAN, JODIE, JUDITH Joane, Jodean, Jolyn, Jolynn, Jone, Jonee, Joni▼, Judee, Judi▼, Judie▼, Judit, Judy▼, Judye
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jody Monica (J.M.), ..
How popular is Jody?
Jody is a very prominent first name for females (#402 out of 4276, Top 9%) and a slightly less prominent surname for all people (#94227 out of 150436, Top 63%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jody entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its top rank of #173 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not ranked currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Jody are Jo, Joan (#1727 IN 2018), Joane, Jodee, Jodi, Jodie, Jolyn, Jolynn, Joni, Joseph, Jude (#1509), Judee, Judi, Judie, Judith (#850) and Judy (#1533). Other variants, like Jodean, are seldom used. These relations of Jody were popular with parents in the 1940s (ADOPTION OF 3.9%) and have become much less conventional since, with forms like Joan becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Jody▼ is pronounced similarly to Jada▼, Jadee, Jady, Jaeda▼, Jaida, Jayda, Joda, Judee, Judey, Judi▼, Judie▼, Judy▼ and Judye. Other recommended sound-alike names are Addy, Ady, Andy, Cady, Coady, Cody▼, Cordy, Dody, Eddy, Edy, Elody, Goldy, Hedy, Jacy, Jade▲, Jadyn▼, Jandy, Jany, Jay, Jery, Jey, Jobey, Jobi, Joby, Joci, Joely, Joey, Joi, Joia, Joie, Jola, Joley, Joli, Joly, Jolyn, Jona, Jonay, Jone, Joni▼, Jordyn, Jorey, Jori, Jorry, Josey, Joss, Josy, Joy, Joya, Joye, July, Kady, Kody, Lady, Mady, Nady and Rhody. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jody.
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