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Jethro

What does Jethro mean?

Jethro Pronunciation of Jethro as a boys' name is pronounced JETH-roh. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jethro is "eminent". Biblical: a priest or prince of Midian who gave his daughter Zipporah in marriage to Moses. Rock group Jethro Tull.

STARTS WITH Je-

ASSOCIATED WITH biblical, priest (monk), prince (king), rock

Variations

VARIANTS Jeth, Jethroe

FEMININE FORM Jethra

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jethro Aren (J.A.), ..

How popular is Jethro?

Jethro is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a somewhat prominent last name for both adults and children (#124109 out of 150436, Top 82%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Jethro was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its top position of #1199 in the U.S. in 2018. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Jethro name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Jethro outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Antero, Arthuro, Artro, Arturo, Cedro, Cesaro, Eero, Jairo, Jefery, Jeffry, Jefry, Jeh, Jehan, Jehu, Jemar, Jemario, Jemarr, Jenaro, Jennaro, Jeno, Jephers, Jephrey, Jephry, Jerard, Jerardo, Jere, Jerico, Jerk, Jerod, Jeromo, Jeron, Jerre, Jerri, Jerrod, Jerron, Jerrot, Jerry, Jet, Jett, Jette, Jiro, Jotham, Keitaro, Kentaro, Lutero, Pedro, Pietro, Severo, Venturo and Zero. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jethro.

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