jo

¹

or joe

[ joh ]

noun

, Scot.

, plural joes.

1. beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

Jo

²

[ joh ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Josephine.
2. a male given name, form of Joseph.

jo

¹

the internet domain name for

1. Jordan

jo

²

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. See sweetheart
   a Scot word for sweetheart

Word History and Origins

Origin of jo¹

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Word History and Origins

Origin of jo¹

C16: alteration of joy

Example Sentences

Jo despises Will for dismissing her in a past interview, and is certain that he looks down on her for writing about the adventures of a fictional kitten.

From Time

Jo is working on the 27th installment of her Kitty Katz series while Cabot has written 14 series, including 24 installments of The Princess Diaries, eight installments of the Mediator books and six installments of Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls.

From Time

In her acceptance speech, winning best featured actress in a musical, Jagged Little Pill’s Lauren Patten said she welcomed the debate—producers are now promising a rewrite—around her gender non-conforming character Jo.

From The Daily Beast

My three-year-old daughter, Jo, and her five-year-old friend, Huck, were also unfazed.

From Outside Online

Between the allure of the llamas, bribing the kids with candy, and occasionally carrying Jo, we covered the seven or so miles to camp by midafternoon.

From Outside Online

“I am just floored by this,” Jo Farrell, now 83, told The Denver Post eight years ago when the allegations first surfaced.

From The Daily Beast

Joan and I, along with Isabella's parents Mary Gaye and Jo, can't wait to become proud grandparents.

From The Daily Beast

Yet that question, and its sad answer, hangs over If Nuns Ruled the World, by Jo Piazza.

From The Daily Beast

Weaver and Jo Clark were far from bowled over when they visited ReaganBook.com.

From The Daily Beast

But photographer Jo Farrell has tracked down the last living survivors in the remote areas of China.

From The Daily Beast

She put out her hand to take them from the Little People,—and not a fish, nor a Jo gah oh was to be seen.

From Project Gutenberg

From the day when the boy met the little Jo gah oh mother in the wood, and was given the stone, he had good luck.

From Project Gutenberg

She was so happy with them she wished she might always live in a Jo gah oh lodge.

From Project Gutenberg

Just as the little Jo gah oh mother had said, he became a chief, though not in the chieftain line.

From Project Gutenberg

Another moon, and he was to lead Jo-que-yoh as his bride to his lodge.

From Project Gutenberg