Jo (first name)

Jo is a male and female given name .

Origin and Distribution

As a first name, Jo occurs as a short form of names that begin with Jo- .

For example, in the Netherlands and Norway (male) as well as in the USA (female), Jo is a relatively frequently given independent first name.

Possible stem forms (male / female, here mainly the German variants):

• Joachim
• Johannes / Johanna - here also Jo-Ann as a form of writing
• Josef / Josefa
• Joel

An analogous form to the figure of Greek mythology, the Mörgenröte Io, is also possible.

Another form is the doubling to yo-yo - a distinction must be made here but the Akan first name for men born on Monday, which has nothing to do with this name.

Name bearer

Male first name

• Jo Akepsimas (* 1940), Greek-French chansonnier and composer
• Jo Ambros (* 1973), German jazz guitarist
• Jo Baier (* 1949), German film director and screenwriter
• Jo Benkow (1924–2013), Norwegian politician
• Jo van den Berg (* 1953), Belgian photographer and director
• Jo Beyer (* 1991), German jazz drummer
• Jo Bolling (* 1941), German actor
• Jo Bonner (* 1959), American politician
• Jo Brauner (* 1937), German news anchor and television presenter
• Jo Brenneis (1910-1994), German painter
• Jo Cals (1914–1971), Dutch politician
• Jo Coenen (* 1949), Dutch architect, urban planner and university lecturer
• Jo Conrad (* 1958), German composer and author
• Jo Eisinger (1909–1991), American screenwriter
• Jo Enzweiler (* 1934), German visual artist and art educator
• Jo Fabian (* 1960), German artist
• Jo Gartner (1954–1986), Austrian racing driver
• Jo Groebel (* 1950), German media psychologist
• Jo Herbst (1928–1980), German actor and cabaret artist
• Jo Hiller (* 1974), German presenter, reporter and voice actor
• Jo Jones (1911–1985), American jazz drummer
• Jo Leinen (* 1948), German politician
• Jo Lendle (* 1968), German author
• Jo Ment (1923–2002), German band leader, composer and musician
• Jo Nesbø (* 1960), Norwegian musician and author
• Jo Niemeyer (* 1946), German graphic artist, designer and painter
• Jo Reichertz (* 1949), German sociologist and communication scientist
• Jo de Roo (* 1937), Dutch racing cyclist
• Jo Hanns Rösler (1899–1966), German writer
• Jo Schulz (1920–2007), German writer, playwright and cabaret artist
• Jo Strahn (1904–1997), German painter
• Jo Swerling (1893–1964), American screenwriter
• Jo Thönes (* 1958), German percussionist, jazz drummer and composer
• Jo Vonlanthen (* 1942), Swiss automobile racing driver
• Jo Vossenkuhl (* 19 **), German actor, speaker and director
• Jo Weil (* 1977), German actor and voice actor
• Jo Winter (1944–2006), German pastor, poet and GDR oppositionist

Female first name

• Jo Baer (* 1929), American painter and graphic artist
• Jo Clayton (1939–1998), American writer
• Jo Durie (* 1960), English tennis player
• Jo Ann Kelly (1944–1990), British blues singer and guitarist
• Jo Dee Messina (* 1970), American country singer and songwriter
• Jo Micovich (1926–2008), German writer and puppeteer
• Jo Mihaly (1902–1989), German dancer, actress, poet and author
• Jo Morrow (born 1939), American actress
• Jo Marie Payton-Noble (born 1950), American actress
• Jo Stafford (1917–2008), American pop and jazz singer
• Jo Van Fleet (1914–1996), American actress

in the middle name (after first name):

• Amy Jo Johnson (* 1970), American actress and musician
• Billie Jo Spears (1937-2011), American country singer
• Marie Jo Lafontaine (* 1950), Belgian photographer and video artist
• Toni Jo Henry (1916–1942), American murderess
• Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), American actress

Artist name (Jo and Jojo)

• Jô, João Alves de Assis Silva (* 1987), Brazilian soccer player
• Yo. Franzke , actually Joachim Franzke (* 1941), German architect
• Yo. Harbort , actually Joachim Harbort (* 1951), German visual artist
• Jo Miard , b. Karl-Heinz Müller (1929–1982), German sculptor
• Jo van Nelsen (* 1968), German actor, chanson singer and director
• Jo Pestum , actually Johannes Stumpe (* 1936), German writer
• Jo Vargas , actually Joëlle Audoin-Rouzeau (* 1957), French painter
• Jojo, actually Joanna Noëlle Levesque (* 1990), American pop and R'n'B singer
• Jojo, actually Joel Hailey (* 1971), American R&B singer
• Jojo Moyes (born August 4, 1969), British novelist

And for groups:

• Jo Jo Gunne , an American rock band

Fictional people

• Jo (comic) , a comic series by Hergé
• Jo, a character in three volumes of the Five Friends by Enid Blytons

See also

• Jo (disambiguation)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jo on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)