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Jo (given name)

Index Jo (given name)

Jo is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Joanna, Joseph, etc. [1]

82 relations: Big Bad Beetleborgs, Bleak House, Burst Angel, Crossing sweeper, Forever (U.S. TV series), Given name, Hypocorism, J. K. Rowling, , Jô Soares, Jo (TV series), Jo Aleh, Jo Ankier, Jo Ann Robinson, Jo Bailey Wells, Jo Bauer-Stumpff, Jo Bogaert, Jo Bonfrère, Jo Bonnier, Jo Brand, Jo Callis, Jo Cals, Jo Coburn, Jo Coenen, Jo Colruyt, Jo Cornu, Jo Cox, Jo Cox-Ladru, Jo de Haan, Jo de Roo, Jo Durie, Jo Ellis, Jo Frost, Jo Gartner, Jo Grant, Jo Inge Berget, Jo Johnson, Jo Jones, Jo Kanazawa, Jo Kiesanowski, Jo Kondo, Jo Leinen, Jo Lemaire, Jo Maas, Jo Meynen, Jo Nesbø, Jo Pavey, Jo Planckaert, Jo Privat, Jo Reynolds, ..., Jo Ritzen, Jo Schlesser, Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen, Jo Siffert, Jo Spier, Jo Stafford, Jo van Ammers-Küller, Jo van den Broek, Jo Van Fleet, Jo van Gastel, Jo van Nunen, Jo Vandeurzen, Jo Vonlanthen, Jo Voskuil, Jo Walton, Jo Weil, Joanna, Joanne, Joanne Gardner, Johan (given name), Johanna, Johanna Konta, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Jordan (name), Joseph, Josiel Alves de Oliveira, List of Marvel Comics characters: J, List of The Facts of Life characters, Little Women, The Human League, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, Twisted (TV series). Expand index (32 more) »

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs (later Beetleborgs Metallix) is an American live-action television series by Saban Entertainment.

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Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published as a serial between March 1852 and September 1853.

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Burst Angel

is a Japanese animated television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo.

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Crossing sweeper

A crossing sweeper was a person who would sweep a path ahead of people crossing dirty urban streets in exchange for a gratuity.

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Forever (U.S. TV series)

Forever is an American fantasy crime drama television series that aired on ABC as part of the 2014–15 fall television season.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Hypocorism

A hypocorism (Oxford English Dictionary, online edition: "hypocorism". Retrieved 24 June 2008.) is a diminutive form of a name.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, ("rolling";Rowling, J.K. (16 February 2007).. Accio Quote (accio-quote.org). Retrieved 28 April 2008. born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film and television producer and screenwriter best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

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João Alves de Assis Silva (born 20 March 1987), known as Jô or João Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Japanese club Nagoya Grampus.

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Jô Soares

José Eugênio "Jô" Soares (born January 16, 1938) is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician.

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Jo (TV series)

Jo (previously known by the working title Le Grand) is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian-American screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier and Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs.

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Jo Aleh

Joanna Ayela Aleh (born 15 May 1986) is a New Zealand sailor.

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Jo Ankier

Joanna Ankier is the British television personality and sports presenter, anchor and correspondent for “Beyond the Game” world sports show filmed out of Istanbul for TRT World and an ESPN sports reporter previously based in Los Angeles.

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Jo Ann Robinson

Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Jo Bailey Wells

Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells (née Bailey; born 1965) is a British Anglican bishop, theologian, and academic.

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Jo Bauer-Stumpff

Jo Bauer-Stumpff (September 5, 1873 – February 5, 1964) was a Dutch painter.

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Jo Bogaert

Jo Bogaert (born 19 May 1956) is a Flemish Belgian musician and producer.

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Jo Bonfrère

Johannes-Franciscus Bonfrère (born 15 June 1946) is a Dutch football coach and former midfielder, who spent his playing career with MVV Maastricht.

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Jo Bonnier

Joakim Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972) was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.

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Jo Brand

Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer and actress.

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Jo Callis

John William "Jo" Callis (born 2 May 1951) is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band The Rezillos (under the name Luke Warm), and post-punk band Boots for Dancing before joining The Human League.

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Jo Cals

Jozef Maria Laurens Theo Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

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Jo Coburn

Joanne Dawn Coburn (born 12 November 1967) is a British journalist and political correspondent for BBC News, previously with special responsibility for BBC Breakfast.

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Jo Coenen

Jo Coenen (born 30 September 1949, in Heerlen) is a Dutch architect and urban planner.

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Jo Colruyt

Joseph Alphonse Marie Colruyt (2 August 1928, Uccle - 6 October 1994, Puget-Théniers) was a Belgian business owner.

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Jo Cornu

Jozef Cornu (born 1944) is a Belgian engineer and business executive, since 2013 CEO of the National Railway Company of Belgium.

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Jo Cox

Helen Joanne Cox (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batley and Spen constituency from her election in May 2015 until her murder in June 2016.

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Jo Cox-Ladru

Johanna Cox-Ladru (born 8 March 1923) is a retired Dutch gymnast.

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Jo de Haan

Jo de Haan (25 December 1936 – 19 April 2006) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1966.

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Jo de Roo

Johan De Roo (born 5 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist between 1958 and 1968.

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Jo Durie

Joanna Mary Durie (born 27 July 1960) is a former singles world No.

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Jo Ellis

Joanne Ellis (born 10 November 1983 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2006.

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Jo Frost

Joanne Frost (born) is an English television personality who leveraged her 29-year-experience as a nanny for the reality television programme Supernanny, in which she was the central figure.

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Jo Gartner

Josef Gartner (24 January 1954 – 1 June 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria.

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Jo Grant

Jo Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Jo Inge Berget

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for New York City FC in MLS.

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Jo Johnson

Joseph Edmund Johnson (born 23 December 1971) is a British Conservative politician.

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Jo Jones

Jonathan David Samuel Jones (October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer.

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Jo Kanazawa

is a former Japanese football player.

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Jo Kiesanowski

Joanne Marie Kiesanowski (born 24 May 1979) is a New Zealand cyclist, who won the silver medal in the women's scratch race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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Jo Kondo

Jō Kondō (近藤譲; surname Kondō; born 28 October 1947 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.

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Jo Leinen

Joseph Leinen (born 6 April 1948) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany.

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Jo Lemaire

Jo Lemaire (born 5 January 1956) is a Belgian singer born in Gembloux, Namur.

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Jo Maas

Jo Maas (Eijsden, 6 October 1954) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer.

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Jo Meynen

Johannes Meynen (13 April 1901, Winsum, Friesland – 13 February 1980, Velp) was a Dutch politician.

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Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø (born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, and former economist and reporter.

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Jo Pavey

Joanne Marie Pavey MBE (née Davis, born 20 September 1973) is a British long-distance runner and a World, European and Commonwealth medallist.

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Jo Planckaert

Jo Planckaert (born 16 December 1970 in Deinze) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

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Jo Privat

Jo Privat (born 15 April 1919 and died on 3 April 1996) was a French accordionist and composer.

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Jo Reynolds

Jo Beth Reynolds (née Foster) is a fictional character in the American television series Melrose Place, the second series in the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise.

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Jo Ritzen

Jozef Marie Mathias Ritzen (born 3 October 1945 in Heerlen) is a Dutch economist and social-democratic politician.

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Jo Schlesser

Joseph Schlesser (18 May 1928 – 7 July 1968) was a French Formula One and sports car racing driver.

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Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen

Johanna Frederika Schouwenaar-Franssen (3 May 1909 in Rotterdam – 24 December 1995 in Bilthoven) was a Dutch politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and a cabinet minister from 1963 to 1965.

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Jo Siffert

Joseph Siffert (7 July 1936 – 24 October 1971) was a Swiss racing driver.

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Jo Spier

Joseph Eduard Adolf Spier (26 June 1900 – 21 May 1978) was a popular Dutch artist and illustrator.

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Jo Stafford

Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.

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Jo van Ammers-Küller

Johanna van Ammers-Küller (13 August 1884, Noordeloos — 23 January 1966, Bakel) was a Dutch writer.

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Jo van den Broek

Johannes Hendrik ("Jo") van den Broek, (4 October 1898 - 6 September 1978) was a Dutch architect influential in the rebuilding of Rotterdam after World War II.

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Jo Van Fleet

Catherine Josephine Van Fleet (December 29, 1915, californiabirthindex.org; accessed September 2, 2015. – June 10, 1996) was a theatre, film, and television actress from the United States.

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Jo van Gastel

Johannes Jacobus van Gastel (January 5, 1887 – March 5, 1969) was an archer from the Netherlands.

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Jo van Nunen

Johannes Arnoldus Elizabeth Emmanuel van Nunen (23 December 1945 – 12 May 2010) was a Dutch engineer, management consultant, and Professor of Logistics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and expert in the field of logistics, Supply Chain Management and Operations Research.

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Jo Vandeurzen

Johan Maria Gerardus Vandeurzen (born 2 June 1958) is a Belgian politician, member of Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V), a centrist Flemish Christian Democratic party.

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Jo Vonlanthen

Joseph Vonlanthen (born 31 May 1942 in St. Ursen) is a former racing driver from Switzerland.

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Jo Voskuil

Johan Jacob Voskuil (26 March 1897, Breda – 22 June 1972, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, illustrator, bookbinder and a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II.

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Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.

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Jo Weil

Johannes "Jo" Hermann Bruno Anton Weil (born August 29, 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German actor.

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Joanna

Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα Iōanna from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānnāh meaning 'God is gracious'.

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Joanne

Joanne (alternate spellings Joann, Jo Ann, Johann, Johanne, Jo-Ann, Jo-Anne) is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John; derived from the Latin name Johanna with the meaning in Hebrew of "God is gracious".

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Joanne Gardner

Joanne "Jo" Gardner is a fictional character from the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

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Johan (given name)

Johan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin.

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Johanna

Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes.

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Johanna Konta

Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British professional tennis player who represented Australia until 2012.

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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

Johanna Gezina "Jo" van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862 – 2 September 1925) was a Dutch editor and translator of the letters of the van Gogh brothers.

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Jordan (name)

The name Jordan can refer to several things.

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Joseph

Joseph is a masculine given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as, Standard Hebrew Yossef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄.

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Josiel Alves de Oliveira

Josiel Alves de Oliveira or simply Jô (born 19 September 1988) is a Brazilian football winger.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: J

Jack-in-the-Box, Jack Mead, first appears in Weapon X: The Draft - Sauron #1.

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List of The Facts of Life characters

This is a list of characters from the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.

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Little Women

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869.

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The Human League

The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.

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Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (TDRI for short) is the fourth season of the Total Drama franchise.

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Twisted (TV series)

Twisted (stylized as twiƨted) was an American teen drama mystery-thriller television series.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_(given_name)

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