Jo: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “Yahweh is gracious”
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- JOH · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Girls
Short form of Joann, Joanne, Josephine, or similar names. In many cases it ultimately reflects the Hebrew element יוֹ relating to the divine name, or the base meaning of Joanna from Yohanan.
How popular is Jo?
Babies named Jo in 202444
2024 rank#4,282 girls
Peak year1954
Total US babies since 1880180,866
Jo is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Jo
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Jo questions
What does the name Jo mean?
Jo means "Yahweh is gracious". It comes from Hebrew. Short form of Joann, Joanne, Josephine, or similar names. In many cases it ultimately reflects the Hebrew element יוֹ relating to the divine name, or the base meaning of Joanna from Yohanan.
Is Jo a boy or girl name?
Jo is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Jo?
44 US babies were named Jo in 2024. Its peak year was 1954.
How do you pronounce Jo?
Jo is usually pronounced JOH.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.