Jodi

Where Jodi comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jodi.

  • Vowel-ended
Jodi through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #3,503 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Jodi Benson born
    American actress
  3. 1974
    Peak, #91
    3,306 babies named Jodi, its best rank.
  4. 1978
    Jodi Lyn O'Keefe born
    American actress and model
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #173.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Jody in its female senses.
Namesakes
  • Jodi Benson · American actress, born 1961
  • Jodi Lyn O'Keefe · American actress and model, born 1978
  • Jodi Picoult · American author, born 1966
  • Jodi Balfour · South African actresses, born 1987
  • Jodi Long · American actress, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.