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[Opinions] WDYT of Jo? ......(for a girl)
We have a friend that is due this month and she's having a girl and naming her Jo. We both said, "I wonder if she really wanted a boy..." The other weird thing is she has an aversion to pink, so people can only buy her baby stuff that is blue (which she prefers!) or yellow or some other neutral color. What do you guys think?

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I only like Jo as a NN for Josephine or Josette. On its own, it seems too nicknamey imo.
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I think Jo is fabulous as a nickname. As a full name, it's much too short for my tastes.However, I'd take Jo over Ryleigh any day. Jo is literary--and rather classy in a 1940s back-and-forth-with-Cary-Grant kind of way. :)Array

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It's fine as a nickname. My sister's first name is Mary Jo and I call her Jo or Jojo a lot. But as a first name... eh. It's okay, it's not terrible, but it's kind of boring.-------
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I think it's cute, though I would use it as a NN for Joelle or Jocelyn.I've never bought my girls a lot of pink. Nothing weird about that to me. I always looked for purple, corals, yellow, aqua for their baby clothes.
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It's nice, I like it. I don't see anything weird about it. Sure, it's a little bit too nickname-y for my taste, but pretty enough anyways.I've always seen Jo as a feminine name, Joe being the masculine version, even thoguh it's officially unisex.
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I prefer Joanna or Johannah (pr. Jo-Hannah) but I don't care for Jo by itself. It's way too plain on it's own and seems like it's missing something.
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I like Jo but only as a nn for Josephine/Joanna. One of my bfs is called Joanne and goes by Jo. Jo is a bit short and plain for a full name,IMO.It does sound as if she wanted a boy,what with the blue clothes,etc. What's the betting little Jo will be as girly as possible when she is older and will love pink?
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Well. People will definitely assume that a baby dressed in blue, being called Jo, is a boy.I think Jo is sweet as a nickname for Josephine, but I don't like it as a full name.-- Sarah
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I wouldn't mind it as an occasional nn for Josephine. Otherwise, it's nms... But not awful.
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My nana goes by Jo, her name is Joyce though.I prefer it as a nn though, some nns work as a full name but this is not one of them, it's too short.I used to love it as a nn for Josephine but I prefer Josie now.At least it's not spelt Joe, then I'd definitely say she really wanted a boy.
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I think with her color choices that she should name the baby something more girly. I personally hate the name Jo altogether. I like the name Jocelyn nn Jocey, or Joelle. Those are a bit more girly than Jo!

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I really hate Jo on it's own. It's okay as a nn for a longer fn, but still plain.I suppose it's fine if she likes/dislikes certain colours, but since she especially likes blue and is naming the baby Jo... I'd say there's a good chance she wanted a boy. Sad.
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I have known 3 women who went by this name and they were all born around the 1940s and early 50s I would guess. One was short for Josephine, one for Joquita and one had the middle name of Jo, but had gone by Jo her whole life. It's not something I would name my child, though it worked for these women who were older when I knew them.
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That's slightly unusual.I like Jo as a NN for Josephine or something like that. It would be really cute. Jo looks so unfinished, and what if she wants a more formal (or feminine) name someday? Edited: It is better than Stevie-Jay from the post below, though! o.O
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That's a little 'different' but not horrible. I'd much prefer if Jo were a nn for something, like Josephine or Johanna, though. I have to say I prefer a nickname-y, somewhat masculine name like Jo over, say, Riley or Peyton, however. :)
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I agree with these first three posts...it's such a "nickname" that what if she does want something more sophisticated or feminine sounding? To just have Jo seems so blunt, unfinished and masculine. She should have the choice to go by a shorter, "tom-boyish" name, not have that decided for her at birth. Whatever...we got her a blue Boppy.

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Boppies rock, whatever the color :b
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