Jerry - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Jerry \j(er)-ry\, also used as boy's name Jerry, is a variant of Geraldine (Old German, French), Jeremia (Hebrew) and Jerrie (Old German, French), and the meaning of Jerry is "spear ruler; the Lord is exalted". See also Jeralyn and Jeri.

The baby name Jerry sounds like Gerry, Jerri, Jery, Jerrey and Jorry. Other similar baby names are Berry, Derry, Kerry, Merry, Perry and Terry.

Jerry is a very common first name for women (#838 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#12401 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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