Meaning & History
Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Geraldine and other names beginning with the same sound. Notable bearers include the American comedians Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) and Jerry Seinfeld (1954-), as well as the American football player Jerry Rice (1962-).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesErmias(Amharic) Gerold(Ancient Germanic) Hieronymos, Hieronymus(Ancient Greek) Jeremiah, Jeremy(Biblical) Ieremias(Biblical Greek) Yirmiyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Hieremias(Biblical Latin) Jeronim, Jere, Jerko(Croatian) Jeroným(Czech) Gerald, Hieronymus, Jeroen, Gerolt(Dutch) Jeremias, Jorma, Jarkko, Jarmo, Jere, Roni(Finnish) Gérald, Géraldine, Géraud, Jérémie, Jérémy, Jérôme(French) Gerald, Gerold, Hieronymus, Gerhold, Jeremias(German) Geronimo(History) Gearóid, Gearalt(Irish) Geremia, Gerolamo, Girolamo, Giraldo(Italian) Ieronimus(Late Roman) Hieronim, Jeremi, Jeremiasz(Polish) Geraldo, Jeremias(Portuguese) Jerônimo(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Jerónimo(Portuguese (European)) Ieronim(Romanian) Ieronim(Russian) Hieronym(Slovak) Geraldo, Jeremías, Jerónimo, Gerónimo(Spanish) Gerallt(Welsh)
Popularity
People think this name is
classic informal common natural wholesome strong simple comedic
Categories
Bully characters, Charles Dickens characters, City Hunter characters, Detroit Become Human characters, diminutives, Frasier characters, Fringe characters, I Love Lucy characters, James Joyce characters, Jerry, Kaleido Star characters, Muppets, Never Have I Ever characters, never out of the US top 1000, Parks and Recreation characters, Rick and Morty characters, Roseanne characters, Seinfeld characters, Tennessee Williams characters, The Golden Girls characters, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel characters, The Nanny characters, The Sopranos characters, The Walking Dead characters, Totally Spies characters, Two and a Half Men characters, Will and Grace characters
