Joda

loc · Latin script

Meaning: As a figure in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, Joda's significance lies in establishing Jesus's lineage, demonstrating the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and God's faithfulness

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Joda is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

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  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jo-Da in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

As a figure in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, Joda's significance lies in establishing Jesus's lineage, demonstrating the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and God's faithfulness through generations. His inclusion underscores the continuity of God's covenantal promises and Jesus's connection to the history of Israel and all of humanity.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Joda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Joda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—135Jo-Da121
IN India—174—8
BR Brazil—67—1
ES Spain—63—2
AR Argentina—40——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Joda is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Joḍa

  • Spanish name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Jodã, Jödä, Jodà

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jóda

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Joda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • The name Joda is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning "praised". In the Bible, Joda is listed as an ancestor of Jesus Christ in the genealogy found in the Gospel of Luke.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • The name Joda is a variant of the Hebrew name Judah (Yehudah), which means "praised" or "thankful".

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, emphatic of jo: Yes, yes indeed, of course; in disagreement with the last speaker's negative statement.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, genitive singular of jods

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, annoyance

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Joda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—174#19,589
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—151#17,155
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—67#85,160
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—63#38,013
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—63#37,783
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—40—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Joda mean, and where does it come from?
As a figure in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, Joda's significance lies in establishing Jesus's lineage, demonstrating the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and God's faithfulness… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
In which country does Joda have the most bearers?
Joda is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled jo-da.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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