jo

¹ American  

[joh] / dʒoʊ /

Or joe

noun

Scot.

plural

joes

1. beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

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Jo ² American  

[joh] / dʒoʊ /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Josephine.

2. a male given name, form of Joseph.

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jo ¹ British  

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. a Scot word for sweetheart

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jo ² British  

abbreviation

1. Jordan

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Etymology

Origin of jo

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Example Sentences

“When they talked about God, it kept reminding me of Kim Il Sung,” recalled Kim Sin- jo, who later became a Christian pastor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Greg Sargent: Biden is sending jo a very loud message.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

That wasn’t enough to keep Mike Mularkey on the jo b, and the Titans replaced him with Vrabel .

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2018

So when will Bran do the magical mo jo to take care of the white walkers?

From New York Times • May 22, 2016

“This morning I talked to Marlena, a woman I know from the weaving shed. She lives in the Fen, and she remembered jo, though she didn’t know her name. She remembered a singing tyke.”

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry