Jo- baby names and what they mean, with 50 results. These boy names reached the height of their popularity a century ago (USAGE OF 11.66%) and are now much less popular (USAGE 3.48%, DOWN 70.2%), with names such as Johnathan becoming somewhat outmoded. The trendier boy names in this list are Josiah (#53), Josue (#225), Joziah (#763), Jordy (#877) and Joaquin (#347), while Joyal (TOP 11%) and Joshi (4%) are popular Jo- surnames. Here is the list of Jo- names for girls.

Joab - John

Joab¹
Based on Hebrew language. "Praise Jehovah." Joa is a somewhat popular kid's name. See also Job.

Josquin¹, Joaquin¹▲, Joachim¹, Joachim²
Forms of Jehoiakim. Derived fr. Hebrew word. "Established by God." Popular as last names, and Joaquin (TOP 7%), Josquin are similar to popular surnames Jacquin (TOP 29%), Jenquin (99%), which also end with -uin.

Joachim³, var. Josquin², Joaquin²▲, Joaquim, Joacheim
Source fr. Hebrew. "Established by God." Joachim (TOP 9%), Joaquim (44%) and Joaquin (7%) occur frequently as last names.

Joash
Root fr. Hebrew. "Given by the Lord." Jaiash and Jaish are creative forms. See also Jasha.

Job, var. Joby, Jobe, Joab²
Derivative of Hebrew element. "Persecuted." Joab is uncommon as a children's name among the forms of Job.

Joben
Derivative of Japanese element. "Enjoy cleanness." Joben is rarely used as a birth name. See also Jovin.

Jock¹, var. Jocko¹
Variant of Jacob (Hebrew) he who .. Jock is popular as a children's name compared to Jocko.

Jock²
Var. of Jacques. Derivative of French, Hebrew elements. "He who supplants." A somewhat offbeat birth name, Jock exists more frequently as a last name. See also Lock.

Jody¹▼
Var. of Judah. Based on Hebrew. "Praised." Unisex name. Jody was popular as a baby name 5 decades ago, but now, Jody has become somewhat outmoded.

Jody²▼, var. Jodie, Jodi, Jodey
Derived fr. English word. .. Literary. Jodey is unique as a birth name among the forms of Jody.

Joe▼, var. Jomar, Joey▼, Joemar
Stems fr. English element. Short form of Joseph .. Used widely as children's names, Jomar, Joe, etc. are pronounced like the common Jamari.

Joed
Origin fr. Hebrew. "Jehovah is witness." Joed is rare as a children's name. See also Jody.

Joel, var. Joell
From Hebrew language. "Jehovah is the Lord." Joel is frequently occurring (TOP 11%) as a men's name, while Joell is unconventional.

Jory, Jorn, Joris, Jorgen, Jorgan, Jorge, Jorg, Jordi, Jorck, Joeri, Joran
Var. of George. Origin fr. Greek word. "Farmer." Usage of Joeri, Jorn, etc. as children's names in 2018 was down 7.1% compared to the year before.

Joffrey¹, Joffre
Forms of Jeffrey. Root fr. Old German. Probably refers to "peace" .. Less widespread today. Joffre was the form last found (1910-1919) in the Top 2000.

Joffrey², var. Jophrey
Variant of Jeffrey (Old German). Unusual, with the -ey ending for Joffrey, Jophrey, like Jorey, Jefferey.

Joffroy, Joffrey³
Var. of Geoffrey. Source fr. Old German word. "Peace." Joffrey and Joffroy are rare as male names.

Johanan¹
Var. of Yochanan. Derivative of Hebrew word. "God is gracious." Unique. Johanan (compare Jorian) ends with the androgynous -an. See also Johann.

Johar
Stems fr. Hindi word. "Jewel." Not in popularity charts. See also Jayar.

John▼, var. Jovonni, Jovanni, Jovanney¹, Jovanney², Jonnie, Jovan, Jona, Jon▼, Johnpaul, Johnny▼, Johnpatrick, Johnnie▼, Johnie▼, Johon, Johnmichael, Johnn, Johncarlo, Johannes, Johann, Johan▲, Johanan², Jocko², Jock³, Joao, Joannes
Derivative of Hebrew language. "God is gracious." Joao, Jock, Johan, Johann, John, Johnie, Johnmichael, Johnnie, Johnny, Johnpaul, Jon, Jonnie, Jovan and Jovanni are more common as birth names among these versions.