Jodh
Yodh is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yod י, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚, South Arabian 𐩺, and Ge'ez የ. Its sound value is in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a long vowel, representing.
Meaning & Origin of Jodh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yodh is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yod י, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚, South Arabian 𐩺, and Ge'ez የ. Its sound value is in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a long vowel, representing.
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The Story of Jodh
Jodh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2022, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 11 births, good for #7,224 nationwide. Jodh last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jodh
Jodh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2022 and has accumulated 18 births in the dataset. Jodh's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #7,224. Use the chart and map above to compare Jodh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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