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Jo (male)

Variants:Jos (M)
Diminutive for:Josef (M) Joseph (M)
Derivative(s):Jody (M)
Can be spelt:Joe (M)
Feminine form:Jo (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP

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Notes:

1. A comparatively rare English diminutive for Joseph, from Hebrew "Jehovah gives children", or spelling variant of the pet name Joe.  Jo is now mostly feminine in English-speaking communities.

2. Dutch diminutive for Josef the Dutch form of Joseph, from Hebrew "Jehovah gives children".

 
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