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Girl or boy · Hebrew, through English
Jody
Say it: JOH-dee
Meaning
A pet form of Joseph, Judith or Joanna; Hebrew Yosef 'he will add', Yehudit 'woman of Judea'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used for both sexes in the US from the 1940s, more often for girls from the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 87,088 babies given this name since 1910
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 859 girls
- 60 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jodi, Jodie
Famous bearers
- Jodie Foster, American actress
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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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