Jody name - Meaning of Jody
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- Gender
- Masculine & Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JO-dee
- Jody Meaning
- Probably either a variant of Judy or a diminutive of Joseph. It was popularized by the young hero in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel 'The Yearling' (1938) and the subsequent film adaptation (1946). Jody is a diminutive of Joseph, or Judy, ultimately derived from Judith. Judith originates in Hebrew language and means "Judea woman". It is a feminine form of Judah. Judith was a character in the Book of Genesis. She is also the heroine of the Book of Judith, a part of the Old Testament. As a feminine given name it was most popular in the middle of the 20th century. Since then its usage has declined.
Jody Related Names
Variants: Judi, Judie, Jodi, Jodie, Judy
Diminutive: Jodene
Masculine Forms: Jo, Joe, Joey, Jojo, Joseph
Other Languages: Judith (Biblical), Ioudith (Biblical Greek), Yehudit (Biblical Hebrew), Iudith (Biblical Latin), Josipa (Croatian), Josefa, Judita, Jitka (Czech), Judit, Jytte (Danish), Josée, Josèphe, Judith, Joséphine (French), Josepha, Judith, Jutta, Jutte (German), Yehudit (Hebrew), Jozefa, Judit (Hungarian), Giuditta, Giuseppa, Giuseppina (Italian), Judith (Jewish), Judit (Norwegian), Józefa, Judyta (Polish), Josefa, Judite (Portuguese), Judita (Slovak), Jožefa (Slovene), Josefa, Judit, Judith, Pepita (Spanish), Judit (Swedish)
Jody Celebrities
Jody Thompson - actress,
