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Unisex name

Jojo

Jojo ranks #401 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 14 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #251 for dogs.
Jojo's popularity trend

Jojo's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2017.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
14
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#401
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−169
2014 → 2019
Gender split
60% female
60% female40% male

Gender split comes from 52 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Jojo mean?
2 syllables

Jojo is a doubled, affectionate pet form of Jo, itself a short form of names like Joseph, Joanna, or Josephine. Doubling a syllable like this is a common way English nicknames turn even softer and more playful, in the same family as Coco, Lulu, and Mimi.

Jojo has a bouncy, singsong rhythm that suits a pet with a lively, entertaining streak — a name that's fun to call out and even more fun to answer to.

Where Jojo shows up

Cats named Jojo per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.07%
TorontoON, CA0.03%

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