Jody \j(o)-dy\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Jody), is pronounced JOH-dee. It is of English origin. Nickname for Joseph (Hebrew) "Jehovah increases" and Jude. Literary: Jody is the young hero in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Yearling". More likely a girl's name.

Jody has 3 variant forms: Jodey, Jodi and Jodie.

For more information, see also the related name Judah.

Baby names that sound like Jody are Addy, Aodh, Eddy, Woody, Jade, Jed, Jedd, Jada, Joed, Judd and Jud.