Joca as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Joca

What is the meaning of the name Joca ?

The baby name Joca is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'Portuguese': '[ˈʒɔ.kɐ] (ZHOH-kah)', 'Brazilian Portuguese': '[ˈʒo.ka] (ZOH-ka)', 'Serbian': '[ˈjɔt͡sa] (YOT-sa)'}.

Joca is Croatian, Portuguese, Serbian in Origin.

Joca is a cross-linguistic diminutive used chiefly in South Slavic and Portuguese-speaking contexts. In Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin usage it serves as a familiar short form of Jovan and Jovica (the local equivalents of John), appearing in parish registers and civil records from the 19th century onward; it is also occasionally adopted as an independent given name.

In Brazil and Portugal, Joca functions as a pet name for Joaquim and at times for Jorge or compound João names (e.g., João Carlos), so its meaning depends on the source name. From Jovan/John it means “Yahweh is gracious”; from Joaquim, “Yahweh establishes/raises up”; from Jorge, “farmer, earth-worker.” Variants and related forms include Joco, Joce (Macedonian), and Cyrillic Јоца in the Balkans, and the accented spelling Jóca in Portuguese. Parallel nicknames in Portuguese include Juca (for Joaquim or José).