Jerry Forename
509th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,463,300 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia
Jerry Forename Definition:
Diminutive of Gerald, Gerard or Jeremy (qq.v.).
Jerry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 864,366 | 1:419 | 64 |
| Philippines | 98% | 245,986 | 1:431 | 44 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 48,312 | 1:3,675 | 651 |
| Ghana | 100% | 40,229 | 1:671 | 158 |
| Canada | 100% | 30,910 | 1:1,072 | 244 |
| Liberia | 100% | 17,206 | 1:256 | 45 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,172 | 1:3,372 | 641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 15,742 | 1:518 | 55 |
| Mozambique | - | 12,480 | 1:2,183 | 479 |
| Indonesia | 73% | 12,364 | 1:20,864 | 2,925 |
| Haiti | 100% | 10,913 | 1:983 | 146 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,674 | 1:2,443 | 581 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 8,019 | 1:9,207 | 965 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,861 | 1:27,253 | 2,335 |
| England | 97% | 7,286 | 1:7,631 | 672 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 5,855 | 1:2,887 | 527 |
| China | - | 5,525 | 1:247,250 | 18,862 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 5,465 | 1:1,297 | 268 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 4,940 | 1:6,164 | 710 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4,906 | 1:946 | 183 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,376 | 1:10,582 | 1,320 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 4,219 | 1:12,512 | 1,504 |
| India | 98% | 4,058 | 1:299,379 | 27,813 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,157 | 1:12,045 | 515 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,002 | 1:3,284 | 425 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,890 | 1:33,758 | 3,899 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,834 | 1:9,515 | 1,131 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2,566 | 1:62,144 | 4,997 |
| Sudan | - | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Zambia | - | 2,363 | 1:6,710 | 844 |
| Australia | - | 2,268 | 1:6,022 | 730 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,872 | 1:11,544 | 1,290 |
| Uganda | 97% | 1,853 | 1:22,103 | 1,739 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,798 | 1:16,797 | 1,519 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 1,764 | 1:8,744 | 1,216 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,645 | 1:12,644 | 1,825 |
| Gabon | - | 1,563 | 1:1,205 | 279 |
| Peru | 99% | 1,261 | 1:25,211 | 1,821 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,234 | 1:9,311 | 1,034 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,201 | 1:460 | 43 |
| Fiji | - | 1,122 | 1:795 | 153 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,097 | 1:21,668 | 3,951 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,020 | 1:4,674 | 611 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| New Zealand | - | 953 | 1:4,760 | 676 |
| Congo | 100% | 920 | 1:5,445 | 788 |
| Nicaragua | 97% | 913 | 1:6,592 | 839 |
| Egypt | 50% | 911 | 1:100,879 | 4,630 |
| Mexico | 98% | 794 | 1:156,353 | 3,169 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 778 | 1:13,408 | 1,426 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 768 | 1:756 | 150 |
| Kuwait | - | 760 | 1:4,981 | 652 |
| Singapore | 100% | 752 | 1:8,360 | 1,563 |
| France | 100% | 751 | 1:88,509 | 2,077 |
| Ecuador | - | 729 | 1:24,317 | 1,292 |
| Samoa | - | 685 | 1:285 | 60 |
| Germany | 100% | 684 | 1:141,342 | 2,566 |
| Thailand | 100% | 680 | 1:103,038 | 8,630 |
| Hong Kong | - | 655 | 1:11,836 | 1,168 |
| Botswana | 100% | 628 | 1:3,478 | 615 |
| Finland | 100% | 604 | 1:9,078 | 770 |
| Vanuatu | - | 557 | 1:470 | 104 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 543 | 1:13,171 | 1,410 |
| Qatar | 100% | 529 | 1:4,479 | 709 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 503 | 1:2,707 | 524 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Oman | - | 442 | 1:9,296 | 1,142 |
| Honduras | 100% | 408 | 1:21,611 | 1,514 |
| Panama | 100% | 361 | 1:10,821 | 1,401 |
| Colombia | 96% | 357 | 1:133,835 | 3,813 |
| Bahrain | - | 355 | 1:3,799 | 612 |
| Japan | - | 349 | 1:366,722 | 9,510 |
| Denmark | - | 338 | 1:16,714 | 1,085 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 333 | 1:48,374 | 1,669 |
| Swaziland | - | 333 | 1:3,904 | 752 |
| Scotland | 95% | 328 | 1:16,312 | 884 |
| South Korea | - | 328 | 1:16,904 | 1,736 |
| Italy | 98% | 318 | 1:192,019 | 2,788 |
| Guam | - | 255 | 1:630 | 110 |
| Barbados | - | 250 | 1:1,159 | 271 |
| Bahamas | - | 246 | 1:1,623 | 382 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 233 | 1:15,237 | 811 |
| Jamaica | - | 229 | 1:12,591 | 1,296 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 209 | 1:2,699 | 381 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Malawi | - | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Guyana | 100% | 182 | 1:4,194 | 799 |
| Russia | 72% | 178 | 1:810,302 | 7,524 |
| French Polynesia | - | 173 | 1:1,606 | 375 |
| Wales | 97% | 159 | 1:19,461 | 1,105 |
| Namibia | - | 149 | 1:16,135 | 1,586 |
| Belize | 100% | 144 | 1:2,460 | 562 |
| Mauritius | - | 141 | 1:9,204 | 1,211 |
| Portugal | - | 138 | 1:75,441 | 2,229 |
| Israel | 83% | 137 | 1:61,335 | 3,424 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 135 | 1:241,656 | 5,717 |
| Benin | 100% | 130 | 1:81,353 | 5,435 |
| Iraq | - | 130 | 1:269,368 | 4,024 |
| Spain | 100% | 127 | 1:366,378 | 5,461 |
| Switzerland | 96% | 120 | 1:68,446 | 2,581 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 108 | 1:474 | 27 |
| Chile | 98% | 103 | 1:170,944 | 3,380 |
| Norway | 100% | 103 | 1:49,828 | 2,068 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 92 | 1:115,233 | 2,713 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 87 | 1:628 | 105 |
| Vietnam | - | 83 | 1:1,115,941 | 2,755 |
| Pakistan | 91% | 80 | 1:2,429,471 | 30,756 |
| Greece | 100% | 79 | 1:138,412 | 3,301 |
| Grenada | 97% | 73 | 1:1,481 | 309 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 65 | 1:1,688 | 341 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Dominica | - | 55 | 1:1,372 | 247 |
| Czechia | 96% | 53 | 1:201,060 | 1,609 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 49 | 1:37,615 | 1,132 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 47 | 1:43,404 | 4,659 |
| American Samoa | - | 46 | 1:1,214 | 158 |
| Micronesia | - | 45 | 1:2,367 | 332 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 45 | 1:2,480 | 472 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 43 | 1:1,426 | 325 |
| Brunei | - | 42 | 1:9,990 | 757 |
| El Salvador | - | 41 | 1:154,678 | 2,575 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 32 | 1:5,557 | 900 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,085 | 255 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 25 | 1:21,166 | 1,536 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,359 | 317 |
| Jersey | 100% | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Kazakhstan | 91% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Macau | - | 20 | 1:30,410 | 434 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Ivory Coast | 90% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Cambodia | - | 18 | 1:904,074 | 14,944 |
| Argentina | 92% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 17 | 1:425,694 | 4,581 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 16 | 1:12,000 | 1,293 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15 | 1:228,509 | 3,962 |
| Belarus | 50% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Hungary | 98% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Myanmar | - | 10 | 1:5,194,827 | 1,419 |
| Turkey | - | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Yemen | - | 9 | 1:2,921,861 | 3,970 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Transnistria | - | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
Jerry (42,750) may also be a surname.
Jerry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Diminutive of Gerald, Gerard or Jeremy (qq.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The diminutive of Jeremiah (or -ias) and, occasionally, of Jeremy and Jerome. Among the Tommies, Jerry (properly Gerry) designated the German, esp. the German soldier; one often heard the phrase, poor old Jerry.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as a male name. Corrupted from Jeremiah.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Jerry Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 17 (2016)
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