Jody
Variation or diminutive of Joseph
"Jehovah increases"
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Jody Origin and Meaning
Variation of Joseph
# 980 in the US
Jody Rank in US Top 1000
Popularity of the name Jody
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Famous People Named Jody
- Jody CundyBritish Paralympian
The name Jody in Pop Culture
- Jodyboy 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 Silvermancharacter on Showtime series "Shameless"
- Jody Varnera main character in the 1958 film "The Long, Hot Summer," starring Paul Newman
- Jody "Joe" Starkscharacter in the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston
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