Girl · Hebrew, through English
Jodi
Say it: JOH-dee
Meaning
A pet form of Judith (Hebrew Yehudit 'woman of Judea') or Joanna.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 80,421 babies given this name since 1940
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 418 girls
- 51 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jody, Jodie
Famous bearers
- Jodi Picoult, American novelist
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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