Jo is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “yes and horse.” In 2024 it was given to 33 girls in the United States.
Jo belongs to the Japanese and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “yes and horse” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jo first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #51 in 1947, and in 2024 33 babies received the name — 179,020 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jo means “yes and horse” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jo is a girl name. In 2024, 33 babies received the name in the US.
Jo comes from the Japanese and English & American tradition.
Jo first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #51 in 1947, and 33 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jo is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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