JOE  

Gender: M
Origin: Diminutive of JOSEPH
Meaning: "Jehovah increases"

Popularity in 2008: #411

Still the ultimate good-guy name.

Variations:
Joey, Joley, Jo

Joe is being discussed in our message boards:

• Names from about 1940
• Just brainstorming names :-)
• Names with four levels of formality
• Hilbilly Names
• future baby names (far future)

Read Nameberry blog posts about Joe:

• FAVORITE NAMES: Why We Love What We Love
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMES: Early Day, Place, and Word Names
• THE UN-WEIRDLY-NAMED STARBABY BOYS
• MINI-NAMES
• THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE