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♂ Jo (boy)
What does Jo mean?
Jo 
as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Jo) has its root in Hebrew, and the meaning of Jo is "Jehovah increases". Jo is an alternate form of Joseph (Hebrew). Biblical: the son of Jacob who.
STARTS WITH Jo-
Variations
RELATED FORMS VIA JOSEPH Che, Jodi, Jodie, Jody▼, Joey▼, Joop, Joos, Jose▼, Josef, Josep, Josif, Josip, Joss, Josue▲, Jozef, Pino, Pipo
FEMININE FORMS Ja-, Je-, Jobeth, Jody, Joelle, Jolene
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jo True (J.T.), ..
How popular is Jo?
Jo is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#11476 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jo was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #1292 in the U.S. in the 1930s, but is not in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Jo are Che, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joey (#742 VIA LATEST LIST), Jose (#89), Josef (#1819), Joseph (#23) and Josue (#225). Other forms, like Josep, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Jo was more pronounced in the 1910s (USAGE OF 2.8%) and has become much less since (USAGE 0.9%, ▼68%). Joseph is more widely used than the rest, although Josue appears to be becoming a favorite too, while forms such as Joey are now less popular.
Similar Names
Jo is alike in pronunciation to Hai, Hew, Hi, How, Howe, Huw and Hy. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bo▲, Job, Joe▼, Jon▼ and Mo. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jo.
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