Jody

Variation or diminutive of Joseph

"Jehovah increases"

Jody Origin and Meaning

Variation of Joseph

Jody Rank in US Top 1000

# 980 in the US

Popularity of the name Jody

• 1981 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Jody

• Jody Cundy British Paralympian

The name Jody in Pop Culture

• Jody boy character (with twin sister Buffy) from TV's "Family Affair"
• "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone " hit 1971 single by R&B star Johnnie Taylor
• Jody Silverman character on Showtime series "Shameless"
• Jody Varner a main character in the 1958 film "The Long, Hot Summer," starring Paul Newman
• Jody "Joe" Starks character in the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston