MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jojo mean?
Jojo is formed by repeating Jo. Both the Tagalog and Cebuano dictionary accounts describe this reduplication directly.
The formation is more informative than assigning the short name the meaning of one presumed longer name, because Jo can be connected with more than one personal-name family. Jojo may function as an affectionate name or stand independently in a source record. Repetition explains the visible structure, but does not identify a particular bearer’s full name.
Do not automatically expand Jojo to Jose, Joseph or another longer form without evidence.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Reduplication of Jo.
a diminutive of the male given names Joseph and Jonathan; a diminutive of the female given names Joanne and Johanna
EnglishEtymology & source
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Jojo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jojo Acuin
Filipino actor (1947-2010)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jojo Alejar
Filipino television personality
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jojo Acuin, Jojo Alejar
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jojo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jojo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Joan♀English form of Joanna; God is gracious
- Job♂Biblical Iyyov; associated with hostility or persecution
- Joe♂Short form of Joseph
- Joel♂Yahweh is God
- Joen·Older Scandinavian form of Jon or Johan
- Joey♂Affectionate form of Joe or Joseph
- John♂God is gracious
- Joma♂Blend or familiar form of José María
What rhymes with Jojo?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Jojo
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Jojo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q19968024 — Jojo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jojo Acuin (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19968024 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jojo Alejar (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19968024 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jojo (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jojo (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.