Joe

See also: joe and Joe.

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Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf)der.

Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵףbor.

Middle English Ioseph

English Josephclip.

English Joelclip.

English Josiahclip.

English Josiasclip.

English Joe

Short form (diminutive form) of various names beginning with Jo..., particularly the male names Joseph and, less often, Joel, Josiah and Josias. The spelling Jo is used more often for diminutives of similar female names.

Pronunciation

enPR: jō
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊ/
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- (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊ/
Homophones: Jo, joe, Zhou (toe–tow merger)
Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Joe

A diminutive of the male given names Joseph, Josiah, Joel, and Josias.
- 1981 Orson Scott Card, Second Movement, Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, →ISBN, page 207
  "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'."
- 2020 April 8, Chris Cillizza, “Why Joe Biden starts as the general election front-runner”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign on Wednesday, it’s now official: Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee this fall.
(rare) Alternative form of Jo: a diminutive of various female given names.
A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

pet form of Joseph

Arabic: جُو m (jū)
Armenian: Ջո (J̌o)
Belarusian: Джо m (Džo)
Bengali: জো (bn) (jō)
Bulgarian: Джо m (Džo)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 祖 (zou²)

Mandarin: 喬 / 乔 (zh) (Qiáo)
Czech: Pepík (cs)
Georgian: ჯო (ǯo)
Greek: Τζο (el) m (Tzo)
Hebrew: יוסי (he) m (yósi), ג׳ו m (jo)
Hindi: जो (hi) m (jo)
Hungarian: Jóska (hu)
Italian: Pino m, Peppe m, Beppe m, Peppino m
Japanese: ジョー (ja) (Jō)
Korean: 조 (ko) (Jo)
Kyrgyz: Жо (Jo)
Latvian: Džo m
Macedonian: Џо m (Džo)
Persian: جو (fa) (jo)
Polish: Józio (pl) m
Portuguese: Zé (pt) m or f
Russian: Джо (ru) m (Džo) (of the English Joseph), Ёся m (Jósja), Ио́ся m (Iósja), О́ся (ru) m (Ósja)
Scottish Gaelic: Eòs
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Џо m
Slovak: Jožo
Spanish: Che m, Pepe (es) m, Pepito m
Tajik: Ҷо (Jo)
Ukrainian: Джо m (Džo)
Vietnamese: Giâu

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Joe is the 3819^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9,280 individuals. Joe is most common among American Indian/Alaskan Native (33.79%), African-American/Black (24.98%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23%) and White (12.26%) individuals.

Noun

Joe (plural Joes)

(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.
I'm just an ordinary Joe.
(archaic, slang) Synonym of Joe Miller (“an old joke”).
- 1848, James Robinson Planché, The Golden Branch, page 22:
  O what "a Joe," — what an "old Joe!" — / A very "old Joe!" — / Old Joe Miller made the joke before, / But nothing tells better that ^[sic] a good old Joe!

Alternative forms

joe

Derived terms

Translations

stereotypical male given name

Arabic: مُحَمَّد (ar) (muḥammad)
Finnish: Tauno (fi)
Japanese: 太郎 (ja) (Tarō)
Portuguese: Zé (pt) m
Russian: Ива́н (ru) m (Iván), Ва́ня (ru) m (Vánja), Ва́нька (ru) m (Vánʹka)
Spanish: Juan (es) m
Tagalog: Juan (tl)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Joe.

Proper noun

Joe

a male given name from English
- 2012 — Maduguong Fiesta (08 October), SuperBalita
  Mamusil na sab unta si Lando, apan nahapak ni Ramon ang kamot ug nalabay ang pusil sa nahimutangan ni Joe, kinsa mao nay nagkupot sa pusil. Gimandoan siya ni Karyo nga taguan ang pusil.
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