Joe
[dʒoʊ]Meaning
short form of Joseph
Background Story
Joe is a short form of Joseph, and is used in Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian and Bengali, among other languages. Its variants include Jo, Jody, Joey, Jojo and Josey, and its feminine form is Josepha. Joe is also a surname, and a user-submitted entry records the spelling Joé.
Temperament
Variations
Joseph, Joey
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