Jodine
Feminine
Jodine is an American girl's name, jo-DEEN, with Jo at the front and the -dine of Claudine and Bernadine at the end. Its letters sit very close to iodine, which German calls Jod, and the resemblance is a coincidence with a surprisingly pretty story behind it.
How old is the name Jodine?
Jodine first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Jodine alive today was born around 1962, making them about 63 years old. About 400 people named Jodine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jodine most popular?
Jodine peaked in 1964, reaching #1975 nationally. See the whole 1964 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jodine
Our story of Jodine takes a detour through a laboratory. When a French chemist drew a new element out of seaweed ash early in the nineteenth century, heating it gave off a violet vapor, and it was named iode, from a Greek word for violet-colored; English made it iodine, and German called it Jod. Jodine the name is a different thing, Jo with the ending of Claudine and Bernadine, and no record connects it to the laboratory. But the two words stand side by side on the page, and the violet cloud is a fine image to borrow for a name whose own beginnings nobody wrote down.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No origin for Jodine has been documented. It reads as Jo joined to the -dine ending of Claudine and Bernadine, and no record ties it to the element iodine, however close the letters are.
Pronouncing Jodine
jo-DEEN
Two syllables, stress on the second, rhyming with Claudine. Readers who see iodine in it may try JO-dine, rhyming with brine.
Nicknames for Jodine
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1937
- Most girls named
- 196436 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1975reached in 1964
- Change vs 1976
- −16.7%5 in 1981, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jodines among us
people named Jodine are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jodine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Shares its ending with Claudine and Bernadine, so it sounds familiar when said.
- Jo is a ready short form.
- Two syllables with a clear stress once heard.
- It is one letter from iodine, and schoolmates who have seen the bottle in a medicine cabinet will make the connection; the joke is mild.
- The pronunciation is not obvious from the letters, jo-DEEN or JO-dine, so it will need saying.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jodines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Jodine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jodine in 2025?
- Jodine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Jodine with classmates?
- Jodine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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