Jos

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of the name Jodokus / Jodocus, a Latinised form of the Breton name Jodoc:

Breton jud = 'fight, battle'
or
Breton jodoc = 'lord' [1] [2]

2) Short form of Johannes

Related Names

     
Johs ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Joos ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jos ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

See also Jost and Joyce

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 30 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png 2 8 12 27
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 0 5
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 3 n.a 3
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Jos.

Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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