Jo

JO may refer to:

• Jō, a ~4-foot-long wooden staff used in some Japanese martial arts
• Cho (Korean name), also spelled Jo, a common Korean family name
• Jo (film), a 1971 French comedy
• .jo, the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the country of Jordan
• Jordan (ISO country code: JO), a country in western Asia
• JALways (IATA code: JO), airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines
• Journal Officiel de la République Française, the official gazette of the Government of France
• The U.S. Navy rating abbreviation for "journalist"

Person names

Jo (Jó, Jō, Jô, etc.), can also be a surname or a given name in different languages and is often used as a short form of several given names:

• Joanne
• Joanna
• Johanna
• Josephine (given name)
• Jordan (name)
• Joseph (name)
• Johan (given name)
• Josiah (648–609 BC), king of Judah and discovered Jewish scriptures

People

• Jô (born 1987), Brazilian footballer currently playing for Manchester City
• Jo Ankier (born 1982), British record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
• Jo Butler (born 1969), a Big Brother UK contestant
• Jo Coburn, BBC political correspondent
• Jo Durie (born 1960), retired English female tennis player
• Jo Ellis (born 1983), English field hockey forward
• Jo Frost (born 1971), English nanny, writer and TV hostess
• Jô Soares (born 1938), Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician
• Jo Kamisaku (born 1971), also known as Kamisaku Jo, a Japanese criminal
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series
• Jo Robinson (1912–1990), American civil rights activist
• Jo Stafford (1917–2008), American singer of traditional pop music
• Shoji Jo (born 1975), retired Japanese football (soccer) striker
• Jo (born 1987), Doctor India.

Rappers

• JO (born 1988), American hip hop artist

Characters

• Jo Grant, a 1971–1973 Dr. Who companion
• Jo Polniaczek, from the television show The Facts of Life
• Joanne Gardner, lead character from the soap opera Search for Tomorrow
• Jo March, a character in the novel Little Women and its sequels
• Jo, one of the main characters of anime series Burst Angel
• Jo, a crossing sweeper in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House
• Jo Reynolds, character from Melrose Place
• Joanna Dark, a character from the video game franchise Perfect Dark
• Jo (comics), a Marvel Comics character and only appeared in The Uncanny X-Men
• The Bill, a police drama featured a officer Jo Masters

See also

• Joe (disambiguation)