Jo name - Meaning of Jo
- Gender
- Masculine & Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 7
- Usage
- English, German, Dutch, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JO (English)
- Jo Meaning
- Short form of Joan , Joanna, Josephine, or other names that begin with Jo. It is primarily masculine in German and Dutch, short for Johannes or Josef. Jo is a diminutive of Josephine, Joanna, but most frequently Joan. Joan originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It is a feminine form of John and as a female name has been used since the 17th century. One of the most famous bearers of this name was Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, a French heroine who led the French army in the Hundred Years" War. She was burned by the English at the stake for heresy and later on declared a martyr.
Jo Related Names
Variants: Joanie, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Joni, Jonie, Josie, Posie, Posy, Jonelle, Jonette (English), Achim, Hannes, Hans, Sepp, Seppel (German), Hanke (Low German), Hanne, Hannes, Hans, Joop (Dutch)
Diminutives: Joetta, Jojo, Jolene, Joleen (English)
Feminine Forms: Jody, Josepha (English)
Other Languages: Deshaun, Deshawn, Keshaun, Keshawn, Rashaun, Rashawn, Tajuana (African American), Gjon (Albanian), Yahya, Yousef, Youssef, Yusef, Yusuf (Arabic), Hovhannes, Hovsep, Ohannes (Armenian), Yusif (Azerbaijani), Ganix, Ion, Jokin, Jon, Jone, Joseba, Josepe (Basque), Yan (Belarusian), Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim, Joanna, John, Joseph, Joses (Biblical), Ioanna, Ioannes, Ioseph, Ioses (Biblical Greek), Yehochanan, Yehoyakhin, Yehoyakim, Yochanan, Yosef (Biblical Hebrew), Iohanna, Iohannes, Ioseph (Biblical Latin), Yann, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (Breton), Ioan, Ioana, Ivan, Ivana, Yan, Yana, Yoan, Yoana, Yosif, Ivo, Yanko (Bulgarian), Joan, Joana, Joaquim, Josep, Chimo, Jan, Quim, Ximo (Catalan), Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan, Ivana, Josip, Josipa, Jozefina, Finka, Ina, Ivica, Ivo, Janko, Joško, Joso, Jozo, Žana (Croatian), Ivan, Ivana, Jáchym, Jan, Jana, Johan, Johana, Josef, Josefa, Honza, Janek (Czech), Jan, Jens, Joakim, Johan, Johanna, Johanne, Johannes, Jokum, Jon, Josef, Hanna, Hanne, Hans, Janne, Jannick, Jannicke, Jannik, Jannike, Jonna, Kim (Danish), Johano, Jozefo, Joĉjo (Esperanto), Jaan, Johanna, Johannes, Joosep, Juhan (Estonian), Jaakkima, Jani, Janina, Janne, Joakim, Johanna, Johannes, Joni, Jooseppi, Josefiina, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Aki, Hanna, Hannele, Hannes, Hannu, Janna, Jenna, Jenni, Jonna, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi, Juuso, Kim, Kimi (Finnish), Jean, Jeanne, Joachim, Josée, Joseph, Josèphe, Joséphine, Yann, Fifi, Jeannot, Josette, Josiane, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (French), Xoán, Xoana, Xosé (Galician), Ioane, Ioseb, Ivane, Soso, Vano (Georgian), Ioanna, Ioannes, Ioannis, Iosif, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis, Nana (Greek), Keoni (Hawaiian), Yochanan, Yosef (Hebrew), Josephus (History), János, Johanna, Jozefa, József, Hanna, Jancsi, Jani, Janika, Jóska, Józsi (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhanna, Jóhannes, Jón, Jóna (Icelandic), Chevonne, Eoin, Seán, Sean, Seosamh, Shane, Shavonne, Shevaun, Shevon, Síne, Siobhan (Irish), Gioacchino, Gioachino, Giovanna, Giovanni, Giuseppa, Giuseppe, Beppe, Gia, Gian, Gianna, Gianni, Giannina, Giannino, Giosetta, Giovannetta, Nina, Nino, Peppe, Peppi, Peppino, Pino, Vanna, Vanni (Italian), Ioachim, Ioakeim, Joachim (Judeo-Christian Legend), Iosephus, Johanna, Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman), Jānis, Jāzeps (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Janina, Jonas, Juozapas, Juozas (Lithuanian), Ivan, Ivana, Joakim, Josif, Jovan, Jovana, Ivo (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hohepa (Maori), Hann, Jan, Jon, Hankin, Jackin, Jankin (Medieval English), Jehan, Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Zuan (Medieval Italian), Jan, Jens, Joakim, Johan, Johanna, Johanne, Johannes, Jon, Josef, Hanna, Hanne, Hans, Janne, Jannicke, Jannike, Kim (Norwegian), Joan, Josèp (Occitan), Iwan, Jan, Janina, Janusz, Joachim, Joanna, Józef, Józefa, Józefina, Asia, Janek, Joasia (Polish), Joana, João, Joaquim, José, Josefa, Josefina, Joaninha, Joãozinho, Quim, Zé, Zezé (Portuguese), Ioan, Ioana, Ion, Iosif, Iancu, Ionel, Ionuț, Nelu (Romanian), Akim, Ioann, Iosif, Ivan, Yakim, Yana, Zhanna, Osip, Vanya (Russian), Juhán (Sami), Eoin, Iain, Ian, Jean, Seona, Seonag, Seòsaidh, Sheena, Sheona, Shona, Sìne, Seònaid (Scottish), Ivan, Ivana, Joakim, Josif, Jovan, Jovana, Ivo, Janko (Serbian), Ján, Jana, Jozef, Janko (Slovak), Ivan, Ivana, Jan, Jana, Janez, Josip, Jožef, Jožefa, Žan, Anže, Janko, Jože, Žana (Slovene), Iván, Joaquín, José, Josefa, Josefina, Juan, Juana, Xuan, Chimo, Juanita, Juanito, Pepe, Pepito, Ximo (Spanish), Jan, Janina, Janna, Jens, Joakim, Johan, Johanna, Johannes, Jon, Josef, Josefina, Hampus, Hanna, Hans, Hasse, Janne, Jonna, Kim (Swedish), Yahya, Yusuf (Turkish), Ivan, Yosyp (Ukrainian), Yusup (Uyghur), Evan, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siân, Siôn, Siwan, Ianto (Welsh), Yussel (Yiddish)
Jo Celebrities
Jo Van Fleet - actress, Jo Hartley - actress, Jo Ann Harris - actress, Jo Page - actress,
