Joe is an awful name in my opinion. It would be much better to just name someone Joseph, and pray they don't take on the nickname Joe. It sounds so sloppy, (no puns intended) and gross. Yuck!
Joe is also short for Jehovah, meaning BELOVED. Likewise, JOY means BELOVED, as do names Amy, David, Fred, Francis and Frank. King Frederick was known as the love king. To be Free is to love (LIBRA/LIBERTY). A FRiEnd is also a love, or 'en France, mon AMIe (AMY). Different Bibles will say Jesus was the Son of (DAVID or JOseph, or even the CHO sen, i.e., JOE's son) in the same chapters.
It quite nice. I've used it for a boy in one of my stories. If I was forced to have a boy who was going to be called Joe I'd call him Jonah or Jonas. Not Joseph or Josef.
You have to like the name Joe. Anyone named Joe would like their name because it is awesome and has nothing bad about it. The name Joe sounds really nice. :) Joe is the king and he will rule you!
Joe Sakic is a hockey player who has played his entire career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, and to date, he has been the only captain of the Avalanche.
-- Anonymous User 4/6/2009
My older sister's name is Jordan, and her best friend calls her "Joe" for short. No, not "Jo", Joe. I dunno, her friend even addresses letters to "Joe".
I have a son called Joe and he's certainly no average Joe; that's such a negative thought pattern. Joe is such a strong name which never dates. Yes Joe is Cool. :-)
I think of Joe as a normal name for a regular guy, but a strong name. I know kids, adults and old men named Joe--it truly never dates. I also think that it goes with a wide variety of last names.