Joe

Diminutive of Joseph
"Jehovah increases"

Joe Origin and Meaning

The name Joe is a boy's name of Hebrew, English origin meaning "Jehovah increases".

Joe is still the ultimate good-guy name, not at all diminished by its longevity or popularity or its everyman rep as Regular Joe, Cowboy Joe, G.I. Joe, Joe Exotic, Joe Blow, Joe Millionaire, Average Joe — and now President Joe (Biden).

There are millions of Josephs who have gone primarily by the nickname Joe; just a few of the more prominent Joes are Biden, Namath, Torre, Di Maggio, Lieberman, Montana, and Jonas.

Several celebrities have chosen Joe as a full name for their sons, including Kate Winslet, Kevin Costner, Sting, and Stephen King.

While Joe and long-form Joseph have always been among the most common male names in the US, there was never a President Joe until Biden.

# 908 in the US

Joe Rank in US Top 1000

# 1538 on Nameberry

Joe Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Joe Popularity

Famous People Named Joe

  • Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden
    Jr., President,Elect of the United States, 2020; Vice President of the United States, 2008,2016
  • John Robert "Joe" Cocker
    English musician
  • Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman
    former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
  • Giuseppe Paolo "Joe" DiMaggio
    American baseball player
  • Joe Jackson Gibbs
    American NFL coach and NASCAR team owner
  • Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh
    American musician of Eagles
  • Joe Wright
    English film director
  • Joseph Adam "Joe" Jonas
    American musician
  • Joe Hill
    pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King, American author
  • Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson
    American manager and father of the Jackson family
  • Joseph Vincent "Joe" Flacco
    American football player
  • Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana
    American football player
  • Joseph William "Joe" Namath
    American football player
  • Joseph Paul "Joe" Torre
    American baseball manager
  • Joe Louis (born Joseph Louis Barrow)
    American boxer
  • Joseph "Joe" Satriani
    American guitarist
  • Joseph William "Joe" Gilgun
    English actor
  • Joseph Mark "Joe" Trohman
    guitarist of American rock band Fall Out Boy
  • Joseph William "Joe" Frazier
    American boxer
  • Joe Perry
    stage name of Joseph Anthony Pereira, American musician of Aerosmith
  • Joseph "Joe" Thomas
    English actor
  • Joseph "Joe" Gatto
    American comedian from The Tenderloins and Impractical Jokers
  • Joseph Graham "Joe" Sugg
    British vlogger
  • Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck
    American sportscaster
  • Joe the Plumber
    nickname of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, American political commentator
  • Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci
    American actor
  • Joseph "Joe" Flanigan
    American actor
  • Joseph Obey "Joe" Joyce
    British boxer
  • Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark
    16th Prime Minister of Canada
  • Joe Minoso
    American actor
  • Joseph James "Joe" Rogan
    American comedian, TV host, and MMA commentator

Joe in Pop Culture

  • Joe Hardy
    main character in the Hardy Boys series, brother of Frank Hardy
  • Joe Hobbs
    character on TV's "See Dad Run"
  • Joe Toy
    character in movie "The Kings Of Summer"
  • Joe Darke
    character in 'Ace Attorney' game series
  • Joe Alverado
    the #1 dad in "The Silver Eye", a webcomic by Laura Hollingsworth
  • Joe Caputo
    character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
  • Joe Dubois
    character on TV's "Medium"
  • Joe Caroll
    character on TV's "The Following"
  • Joe Cruz
    character on TV's "Chicago Fire"
  • Joe Willard
    character from Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy,Tacy series
  • Joe Fox
    Tom Hanks' character in "You've Got Mail"
  • Joe West
    character on TV's "The Flash"
  • Joe Dixon
    main character in film 'The Purge: Election Year'
  • Joe Cartwright
    one of the four main characters on "Bonanza"
  • Joe Kidou
    character from the anime series "Digimon Adventure"
  • Joe Vegas
    a character from the musical "Fame"
  • Injun Joe
    character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Joe
    word for coffee