Jo

A male given name, form of Joseph. A female given name, form of Josephine.

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Jo is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Joanna, Joseph, etc. Notable people with the name include:
Feminine
Joanna Jo Aleh (born 1986), New Zealand sailor, national, world and Olympic champion
Johanna Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), Dutch writer
Joanna Jo Ankier (born 1982), British record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
Johanna Jo Bauer-Stumpff (1873–1964), Dutch painter
Johanna Jo Bonger (1862–1925), Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
Josephine Jo Brand (born 1957), English comedian, writer and actress
Joanne Jo Coburn (born 1968), BBC political correspondent
Helen Joanne Jo Cox (1974–2016), British politician
Johanna Jo Cox-Ladru (born 1923), Dutch Olympic gymnast
Joanna Jo Durie (born 1960), English tennis player
Joanne Jo Ellis (born 1983), English field hockey forward
Joanne Jo Frost (born 1971), English nanny, writer and TV hostess
Joanne Jo Kiesanowski (born 1979), New Zealand cyclist
Johanna Jo Konta (born 1991), British tennis player
Jo Lemaire (born 1956), Belgian singer
Joanne Jo Pavey (born 1973), British Olympian and distance runner
Joanne "Jo" J. K. Rowling (born 1965), author of the Harry Potter book series
Jo Ann Robinson (1912–1990), American civil rights activist
Johanna Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen (1909–1995), Dutch government minister
Jo Stafford (1917–2008), American singer of traditional pop music
Jo Van Fleet (1915–1996), American theatre and film actress
Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.
Joanne Jo Wells (born 1965), British Anglican priest, Bishop-designate of Dorking
Masculine name
Jô (born 1987), nickname for João Alves de Assis Silva, Brazilian footballer
Jô (born 1988), nickname for Josiel Alves de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
Jo Inge Berget (born 1990), Norwegian footballer
Jo Bogaert (born 1956), Flemish musician and producer
Johannes Jo Bonfrère (born 1946), Dutch football player and coach
Joakim Jo Bonnier (1930–1972), Swedish racing driver
Johannes Jo van den Broek (1898–1978), Dutch architect
John Jo Callis (born 1951), British guitarist, notably with The Human League
Jozef Jo Cals (1914–1971), Dutch Prime Minister
Jozef Jo Coenen (born 1949), Dutch architect
Joseph Jo Colruyt (1928 – 1994), Belgian businessman
Jozef Jo Cornu (born 1944), Belgian business executive
Josef Jo Gartner (1954–1986), Austrian racing driver
Johannes Jo van Gastel (1887–1969), Dutch archer
Jo de Haan (1936–2006), Dutch cyclist
Jonathan Jo Jones (1911–1965), American jazz drummer
Jo Kanazawa (born 1976), Japanese footballer
Jo Kondo (born 1947), Japanese composer and conductor
Jo Leinen (born 1948), German politician and MEP
Jo Maas (born 1954), Dutch racing cyclist
Johannes Jo Meynen (1901–1980), Dutch Ministers of Defence
Jo Nesbø (born 1960), Norwegian writer, musician, former economist and reporter
Johannes Jo van Nunen (1945–2010), Dutch engineer and management consultant
Jo Planckaert (born 1970), Belgian cyclist
Jo Privat (1919–1996), French accordionist and composer.
Jozef Jo Ritzen (born 1945), Dutch economist and social-democratic politician
Johan Jo de Roo (born 1937), Dutch cyclist
Joseph Jo Schlesser (1928–1968), French racing driver
Joseph Jo Siffert (1936–1971), Swiss racing driver
José Jô Soares (born 1938), Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician
Joseph Jo Spier (1900–1978), Dutch artist and illustrator
Johan Jo Vandeurzen (born 1958), Belgian politician, Flemish Minister of Public Health
Joseph Jo Vonlanthen (born 1942), Swiss racing driver
Johan Jo Voskuil (1897–1972), Dutch painter, illustrator, and bookbinder
Johannes Jo Weil (born 1977), German actor

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Also joe, "sweetheart, darling," probably a Scottish form of joy (n.), which attested from 1520s as a term of endearment.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Jo Cox	1974	UK politician
2	Jo In-seong	1981	South Korean actor
3	Jo Jung-suk	1980	South Korean actor
4	Jo Nesbø	1960	Norwegian musician and author
5	Jo Brand	1957	English comedian
6	Jo Frost	1971	British nanny and television personality
7	Jo Andres	1954	American choreographer
8	Jo Koy	1971	American comedian
9	Jo Anne Worley	1937	American actress
10	Jo Whiley	1965	English television and radio personality
11	Jo Ann Pflug	1940	American actress
12	Jo Bo-a	1991	South Korean actress
13	Jo Johnson	1971	British politician
14	Jo O'Meara	1979	English singer-songwriter
15	Jo Marie Payton	1950	American actress
16	Jo Kwon	1989	South Korean singer and actor
17	Jo Hyun-jae	1980	South Korean actor
18	Jo Beth Taylor	1971	Australian singer
19	Jo Stafford	1917	American singer
20	Jo Yoon-hee	1982	South Korean actress and model
21	Jo Jo White	1946	Basketball player
22	Jo Joyner	1977	English actress
23	Jo Seung-woo	1980	South Korean actor
24	Jo Harvelle	1985
25	Jo Dee Messina	1970	American country music artist
26	Jo Van Fleet	1914	Actress
27	Jo Wood	1955	English model and businesswoman
28	Jo Guest	1972	English former glamour model and media figure
29	Samantha Jo	1991	Canadian martial artist and stunt performer
30	Jo Se-ho	1982	South Korean comedian
31	Jo Ann Harris	1949	American actress (born 1949)
32	Jo Durie	1960	British tennis player
33	Sumi Jo	1962	South Korean operatic soprano
34	Jo Malone	1963
35	Jo Swinson	1980	British politician
36	Jo Coburn	1968	British journalist
37	Jo Inge Berget	1990	Norwegian footballer
38	Jo Jung-chi	1978	South Korean singer
39	Jo Seong-ha	1966	South Korean actor
40	Jo Jones	1911	American jazz drummer
41	Jo Jae-yun	1974	South Korean actor
42	Jo Squillo	1962	Italian singer-songwriter and television presenter
43	Joanne Pavey	1973	English long-distance runner
44	Jo Ann Castle	1939	Musician
45	Jo Silvagni	1970	Australian model and television personality
46	Jo Min-ki	1966	South Korean actor
47	Jo Stone-Fewings	1967	Actor
48	Jo Grant		Fictional character
49	Jo Conrad	1958	German author
50	Jo Dong-hyuk	1977	South Korean actor
51	Jo Eun-ji	1981	South Korean actress
52	Jo Enright	1968	Actress, comedienne
53	Joseph Siffert	1936	Swiss racecar and motorcycle driver
54	Jo Warne	1946	British actress
55	Jo Myong-rok	1928	North Korean military commander
56	Jo Grimond	1913	British soldier, politician and academic
57	Jo Wyatt	1970	English voice actress
58	Jo Ann Krukar	1948	American lobbyist
59	Jo Weil	1977	German actor
60	Jo Han-seon	1981	South Korean actor
61	Jo Woodcock	1988	British actress
62	Jo Ann Robinson	1912	Civil rights activist
63	Jo Anderson	1958	American actress
64	Jo Walton	1964	Welsh Canadian writer
65	Jo Danville
66	Tim Jo	1984	Actor
67	Jo Lawry		Australian singer
68	Jo Callis	1951	English musician who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band, The Rezillos (under the name ''Luke Warm''), and post-punk band Boots For Dancing
69	Jo Caulfield	1963	British comedian
70	Jo Schlesser	1928	Racecar driver
71	Jo Hui-bong	1971	South Korean actor
72	Jo Sungmo	1977	South Korean singer
73	Jo An	1982	Actress
74	Jo Attia	1916
75	Jo Collins	1945	American model
76	Jo Bench		British musician
77	Jo Kendall	2000	British actress
78	Jo Hiller	1974	German television presenter, voice actor and journalist
79	Jo Garcia	1980	American Playboy model
80	Jo Ann Jenkins
81	Ionuț Dan Ion	1981	Boxer
82	Jo Min-su	1965	South Korean actress, born in 1965, South Korean actress best known for her award-winning turn in the Kim Ki-duk film Pieța
83	Jo Hye-ryeon	1970	South Korean comedian
84	Jo Stevens	1966	British politcian
85	Jo Bolling	1941	German actor
86	Jo Portman		Fictional character in British television series "Spooks"
87	Jo Stanley	1972	Australian broadcaster
88	Jo Moore	1963	British political advisor
89	Jo Morrow	1939	Actress
90	Jo Ann Campbell	1938	American musician
91	Jo Champa	1968	Actress, model
92	Jo Dalton	1968	French rapper
93	Jo Yeong-wook	1962	South Korean Film Music Supervisor
94	Jo Ann Emerson	1950	American politician
95	Jo Hartley	1972	British actress
96	Jo Churchill	1964	British politician
97	Jo Schück	1980	German television presenter and journalist
98	Jo Baer	1929	American minimalist artist
99	Jo Boaler		British writer
100	Jo Eun-byul	1982	South Korean singer
101	Jo Seok	1983	Artist
102	Jo Gartner	1954	Racecar driver
103	Jo Beverley	1947	British-Canadian writer
104	Jo Reynolds
105	Jo Bogaert	1956	Belgian record producer
106	Jo Ann Kelly	1944	English blues singer and guitarist
107	Jo Hall	1958	Australian journalist
108	Jo Groebel	1950	German media scholar and psychologist
109	Jo Becker		American journalist
110	Jo Bonner	1959	Alabama Republican politician
111	Jo Mielziner	1901	Art director
112	Jo Freeman	1945	Writer, lawyer
113	Jo Ramírez	1941	Mexican motorsport engineer and manager
114	Jo Woo-ri	1992	South Korean actress
115	Jo Gibb	1976	British actress
116	Jo Ann Beard	1955	American writer
117	Jo Hyun-sik	1983	South Korean actor
118	Jo Wheeler	1963	British weather forecaster
119	Erika Jo	1986	American musician
120	Jo Blankenburg	1972	German composer
121	Jo Stiles
122	Jo Richardson	1923	British politician
123	Jo Young-nam	1945	South Korean singer
124	Jo Jo Laine	1953	American singer
125	Jo Swerling	1897	American lyricist
126	Jo Mi-ryeong	1973	South Korean actress born 1973
127	Jo Ann Greer	1927	American jazz singer
128	Jo Mersa Marley	1991
129	Jo Paul Ancheri	1975	Indian footballer
130	Jo Harvey Allen	1945	American writer, actress, and artist
131	Jo Duffy	1954	Writer
132	Jo Ankier	1982	British athlete and television personality
133	Jo Weldon	1985	American burlesque performer
134	Jo Ann Davis	1950	American politician
135	Jo Good		Radio DJ
136	Jo Miller		American comedy writer
137	Jo Jorgensen	1957	American politician
138	Jo Chen	1976	Comic book artist
139	Jo Davidson	1883	Sculptor
140	Jo Rowbottom	1942	British actress
141	Jo Harman
142	Jo Jo English	1970	American basketball player
143	Jo Kennedy	1962	Actress
144	Jo Berry	1957	British activist
145	Jo Frachon	1919	French singer
146	Jo Pestum	1936	German screenwriter and author
147	Jo Armstead	1944	Singer and songwriter
148	Jo Aleh	1986	New Zealand yacht racer
149	Jo Witek	1968	French writer
150	Jo Shapcott	1953	English poet, editor
151	Jo Kuffour	1981	Footballer
152	Joakim Bonnier	1930	Swedish racing driver
153	Jo Ann Havrilla		American actress
154	Jo Burt	1953	Musician
155	Jo Tessem	1972	Norwegian footballer and manager
156	Jo Spence	1934	British photographer
157	Jo Mora	1876	American artist, photographer and writer
158	Jo Handelsman	1959	American microbiologist
159	Jo Sung-hee	1979	South Korean film director
160	Jo Cals	1914	Dutch politician
161	Jo Woo-jin	1979
162	Jo Hens	1988	Belgian singer
163	Jo Prestia	1960	French actor
164	Jo Lunder	1961	Norwegian association football player
165	Josanne Potter	1984	Association footballer
166	Jo Palmer		Australian newsreader
167	Jo Wilson
168	Ricky Jo	1967	Indonesian announcer, singer and actor
169	Gang Jo		Korean general
170	Jo Salter	1968	British aviation pioneer
171	Jo Leinen	1948	German politician
172	Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine	1958	British baroness
173	Jo Claes	1955	Belgian writer
174	Jo De Poorter	1966	Belgian television presenter
175	Sami Jo	1947	American singer
176	Jo Kuk	1977	Hong Kong actor
177	Jo Amar	1930	Singer and hazzan
178	Jo Soo-min	1999	South Korean actress
179	Jo Evans		American softball player and coach
180	Jo Spiegel	1951	French politician
181	Jah Paul Jo	1956	American guitarist
182	Jo Mihaly	1902	German writer and dancer
183	Jo Marchant		British journalist
184	Michiru Jo	1957	Japanese entertainer
185	Jo Benkow	1924	Norwegian politician
186	Jo Salmson	1957	Swedish children book author
187	Jo Labadie	1850	American labor leader
188	Shoji Jo	1975	Japanese footballer
189	Jo Ann Rooney	1961
190	Jo Fletcher	1980	Association footballer
191	Jo Stock	1963	German actor
192	Jo Estill	1921	American singer, singing voice specialist and voice researcher
193	Jo Russell	1970	English DJ
194	Jo Crab	1918	Belgian television actor and actor
195	Jo McDonnell	1950	American actress
196	Jo Vallentine	1946	Australian politician
197	Jo Eun-suk	1970	South Korean actress
198	Jo Lendle	1968	German author
199	Jo Goodhew	1961	New Zealand politician
200	Jo Kondo	1947	Japanese composer of contemporary classical music