Gerry Forename
4,531st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 231,809 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Ireland
Gerry Forename Definition:
See Ger and contrast Jerry.
Gerry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 72,834 | 1:1,455 | 289 |
| United States | 74% | 63,200 | 1:5,736 | 774 |
| Canada | 98% | 28,539 | 1:1,161 | 266 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12,339 | 1:376 | 76 |
| England | 96% | 8,521 | 1:6,525 | 612 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 6,545 | 1:39,414 | 5,142 |
| Netherlands | 75% | 6,433 | 1:2,627 | 496 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,304 | 1:5,809 | 914 |
| Australia | - | 4,908 | 1:2,783 | 469 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Scotland | 97% | 1,815 | 1:2,948 | 360 |
| Belgium | 70% | 1,803 | 1:6,373 | 857 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 1,774 | 1:41,616 | 2,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 1,637 | 1:4,980 | 536 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,373 | 1:3,304 | 553 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 902 | 1:2,043 | 332 |
| Brazil | 100% | 811 | 1:264,163 | 10,699 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| South Africa | 98% | 752 | 1:72,517 | 6,581 |
| Germany | 99% | 470 | 1:205,698 | 3,159 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 437 | 1:54,393 | 8,005 |
| Italy | 97% | 426 | 1:143,338 | 2,321 |
| Congo | 100% | 399 | 1:12,554 | 1,496 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 384 | 1:79,297 | 5,936 |
| China | - | 357 | 1:3,826,487 | 51,290 |
| Kenya | 100% | 329 | 1:140,751 | 6,527 |
| Wales | 99% | 306 | 1:10,112 | 815 |
| Zambia | - | 288 | 1:55,051 | 3,325 |
| India | 98% | 274 | 1:4,433,861 | 176,654 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 268 | 1:30,647 | 1,734 |
| Sweden | 94% | 265 | 1:37,200 | 2,163 |
| Portugal | - | 258 | 1:40,352 | 1,504 |
| Zimbabwe | 58% | 257 | 1:60,015 | 4,962 |
| Qatar | 100% | 230 | 1:10,303 | 1,658 |
| Iraq | 64% | 212 | 1:165,179 | 3,138 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 200 | 1:263,942 | 9,761 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 192 | 1:924,814 | 23,734 |
| France | 91% | 187 | 1:355,456 | 4,494 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 177 | 1:40,407 | 3,735 |
| Egypt | - | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Suriname | - | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Singapore | 80% | 160 | 1:39,294 | 6,551 |
| Mexico | 100% | 155 | 1:800,932 | 7,224 |
| Haiti | 53% | 136 | 1:78,875 | 4,760 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 131 | 1:164,966 | 7,417 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Oman | - | 111 | 1:37,015 | 2,224 |
| Peru | 99% | 98 | 1:324,403 | 6,888 |
| Thailand | 100% | 90 | 1:778,509 | 31,524 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Solomon Islands | 58% | 79 | 1:7,354 | 792 |
| Norway | 70% | 75 | 1:68,431 | 2,547 |
| Spain | 100% | 75 | 1:620,400 | 7,047 |
| Hong Kong | - | 63 | 1:123,059 | 2,934 |
| Venezuela | 82% | 63 | 1:479,395 | 13,042 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Japan | - | 56 | 1:2,285,465 | 20,708 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 53 | 1:25,687 | 2,840 |
| Barbados | - | 52 | 1:5,573 | 805 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Austria | 100% | 40 | 1:212,855 | 3,107 |
| Jamaica | - | 38 | 1:75,874 | 3,639 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Estonia | 90% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Greece | 100% | 34 | 1:321,604 | 5,247 |
| Uganda | 93% | 34 | 1:1,204,615 | 19,387 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 32 | 1:17,627 | 1,144 |
| New Caledonia | - | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Russia | 50% | 29 | 1:4,973,576 | 24,318 |
| Honduras | 63% | 27 | 1:326,573 | 6,025 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Laos | - | 25 | 1:263,474 | 265 |
| Jersey | - | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Romania | - | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 21 | 1:2,919 | 610 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Ecuador | - | 20 | 1:886,346 | 7,318 |
| Colombia | 100% | 18 | 1:2,654,385 | 19,614 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Argentina | 71% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Guyana | 70% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Liberia | 100% | 11 | 1:401,096 | 11,764 |
| Finland | 73% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Guatemala | - | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Bulgaria | - | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Czechia | 95% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Poland | 90% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Gerry (15,652) may also be a surname.
Gerry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Ger and contrast Jerry.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Modern usage name, meaning: An early American statesman of worthy record.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Gerry Forename Popularity
Gerry Demographics
Gerry Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 5 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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