Jody

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 235 words | Copyright

Jody ♂, ♀ Of uncertain origin. It may have originated as a pet form of Jude and/or Judith.

Variants: Jodie (associated particularly with the American actress Jodie Foster, b. 1962 as Alicia Christian Foster); Jodi.

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