Jodie

Where Jodie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jodie.

  • Vowel-ended
Jodie through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #678 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1962
    Jodie Foster born
    American actress and filmmaker
  4. 1974
    Peak, #249
    1,028 babies named Jodie, its best rank.
  5. 1982
    Jodie Whittaker born
    English actress
  6. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #441.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Jody in its female senses.
Namesakes
  • Jodie Foster · American actress and filmmaker, born 1962
  • Jodie Whittaker · English actress, born 1982
  • Jodie Comer · British actress, born 1993
  • Jodie Sweetin · American actress and television personality, born 1982
  • Jodie Henry · Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1983

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.