What is Jo short for?
Jo is short for Joseph, Josephine, Joanna and Johanna. In 2025, 36 girls and 8 boys in the United States were given Jo as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Jo
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Josephine Hebrew origin
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Jo from Josephine: crisp literary charm, Little Women approved.
4,126 girls named Josephine in 2025