Given name
Jomo
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Jomo is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jomo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 355
- 355 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 442 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jomo’s family of names
Jomo has a related form in Jomoe. Jomo has a related form in Jomow. Jomo has a related form in Jomowe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jomo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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