Jody | Name Meaning & Origin

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English speaking countries

Jody, along with it's variant Jodie, have both been traditionally used for boys and girls.

The main character in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings classic Pulitzer Prize winning book "The Yearling" was 11 year old Jody Baxter, a boy who lived in the Florida backwoods and raises a wild fawn.

Jody is and can be used as a pet form or nick name of almost any name beginning with "Jo".