Joe

joe Joe. English Etymology en Joseph :clipping Joseph<id:name> en name :clipping Joseph<id:name> Joel Josiah Josias 1 short form (diminutive form) of various names beginning with Jo..., particularly the male names Joseph and, less often, Joel, Josiah and Josias. The spelling en Jo is used more often for diminutives of similar female names. Pronunciation jō en /d͡ʒəʊ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Joe.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-joe.wav US en /d͡ʒoʊ/ GenAm en Jo joe Zhou<aa:toe-tow> en əʊ 1 Proper noun s en male Joseph,Josiah,Joel,Josias. 1981 Orson Scott Card, Second Movement, Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, 0060148306, page 207 "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'." en Chris Cillizza Why Joe Biden starts as the general election front-runner w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-general-election 2020-04-08 With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign on Wednesday, it’s now official: Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee this fall. https://web.archive.org/web/20250813091754/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-general-election 13 August 2025 en rare en Jo: a diminutive of various female given names. en. Derived terms en Joe Strummer Bobby Joe hey Joe Genocide Joe half joe Holy Joe Jo Jody joe Joebama Joe Blakes Joe Doakes Joe Frogger Joetard Joever Joe Grant Cay joe job Joe Miller Joe Random Joes Box Joe Who Joey Port St. Joe Sleepy Joe Uncle Joe Joe Dirt Translations pet form of Joseph Arabic: ar جُو m Armenian: hy Ջո Belarusian: be Джо m Bengali: bn জো Bulgarian: bg Джо m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 祖 zou2 Mandarin: cmn 喬 Qiáo Czech: cs Pepík Georgian: ka ჯო Greek: el Τζο m Hebrew: he יוסי m yósi, he ג׳ו m jo Hindi: hi जो m Hungarian: hu Jóska Italian: it Pino m, it Peppe m, it Beppe m, it Peppino m Japanese: ja ジョー Jō Korean: ko ^조 Kyrgyz: ky Жо Latvian: lv Džo m Macedonian: mk Џо m Persian: fa جو jo Polish: pl Józio m Portuguese: pt Zé mf Russian: ru Джо m of the English Joseph, ru Ёся m, ru Ио́ся m, ru О́ся m Scottish Gaelic: gd Eòs Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Џо m Slovak: sk Jožo Spanish: es Che m, es Pepe m, es Pepito m Tajik: tg Ҷо Ukrainian: uk Джо m Vietnamese: vi Giâu Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Joe is the 3819th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9,280 individuals. Joe is most common among American Indian/Alaskan Native (33.79%), African-American/Black (24.98%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23%) and White (12.26%) individuals. Noun en informal A male; a guy; a fellow. en I'm just an ordinary Joe. en archaic slang en Joe Miller an old joke. en 1848 James Robinson Planché The Golden Branch 22 O what "a Joe," — what an "old Joe!" — / A very "old Joe!" — / Old Joe Miller made the joke before, / But nothing tells better that a good old Joe! Alternative forms en joe Derived terms en average Joe Conky Joe G.I. Joe Hobo Joe Joe Average Joe Blake Joe Bloggs Joe Blow Joe Citizen Joe College joe job Joe Lunchbucket Joe Nobody Joe Public Joe Q. Public Joe's Eat at Joe's Joe's Diner Joe Schmoe Joe Sixpack Joe Soap Joe the Goose mumbly Joe regular Joe Translations stereotypical male given name Arabic: ar مُحَمَّد Finnish: fi Tauno Japanese: ja 太郎 Tarō Portuguese: pt Zé m Russian: ru Ива́н m, ru Ва́ня m, ru Ва́нька m Spanish: es Juan m Tagalog: tl Juan See also en bare-bellied Joe cup of joe joe joe-pye weed sloppy joe en 1-syllable words female given names female given names from French female given names from Hebrew male given names from French male given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names diminutives of female given names diminutives of male given names male given names unisex given names Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Joe + 1 Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb male English 2012 — Maduguong Fiesta (08 October), SuperBalita ceb Mamusil na sab unta si Lando, apan nahapak ni Ramon ang kamot ug nalabay ang pusil sa nahimutangan ni Joe, kinsa mao nay nagkupot sa pusil. Gimandoan siya ni Karyo nga taguan ang pusil.