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What does Jody mean?
Jody 
▼ as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Jody) 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. Also form of Judah.
STARTS WITH Jo-
Variations
RELATIONS VIA JOSEPH, JUDE Jo, Joey▼, Joop, Joos, Jose▼, Josef, Josep, Josif, Josip, Joss, Josue▲, Jozef, Jud, Judah▲, Judas, Judd
FEMININE FORM Jo
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jody Woodrow (J.W.), ..
How popular is Jody?
Jody is a very prominent first name for men (#432 out of 1220, Top 35%) and a slightly less prominent last name for all people (#94227 out of 150436, Top 63%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jody entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex rank of #203 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Jody are Jo, Jodi, Jodie, Joey (#742 LAST YEAR), Jose (#89), Josef (#1819), Joseph (#23), Josue (#225), Judah (#202), Judd (#1700) and Jude (#157). Other forms, like Joos, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Jody was more pronounced among parents 108 years ago (ADOPTION OF 2.78%) and has become much less since (ADOPTION 1.14%, DOWN 59.2%), with versions such as Joey becoming less stylish. Josue, Judah and Jude are three of the more contemporarily stylish birth names here.
Similar Names
Jody▼ is pronounced similarly to Jada and Judah▲. Other recommended sound-alike names are Addy, Andy, Ardy, Brody, Cody▼, Eddy, Gordy, Jacy, Jade, Jary, Jay▼, Jed▼, Jedd, Jo, Joab, Joao, Job, Jobe, Joby, Jock, Joe▼, Joed, Joel, Joey▼, John▼, Jon▼, Jona, Jonn, Jonny, Joop, Joos, Jordi, Jordy▲, Jordyn, Jorey, Jorg, Jori, Jorn, Jorry, Jory, Jose▼, Josh▼, Joss, Jove, Jovi, Jud, Judd, July, Kody▼, Mordy, Roddy, Rowdy, Rudy and Woody. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jody.
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