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

But Baba Joon’s ab jo — and simply the idea of Iranian beer — was a more elusive recipe.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

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

But like Vocre, you can’t use the app offline, which for international travelers is not good, bon, bueno, dobre, gut, buono, bra, goeie, jo or geras.

From New York Times • May 1, 2013

The village arbab and his gifts, Bibi jo and her aching hip and endless gossiping, and, of course, Mullah Faizullah.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini