Jerline
Feminine
The word line comes from flax. A linea in Latin was a linen thread, and everything the English word now does, in geometry, in poetry, on a map and in a family tree, grew out of a piece of string made from a plant.
How old is the name Jerline?
Jerline first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Jerline alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 500 people named Jerline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jerline most popular?
Jerline peaked in 1932, reaching #1130 nationally. See the whole 1932 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jerline
Flax is one of the oldest cultivated plants and the whole vocabulary of thread runs back to it. Latin linum is the plant; linea is a thread made from it; from that come line, linen, lining, lingerie and linoleum, and by extension a line of writing, a line on a map, a line of descent, a fishing line, a railway line and a queue. The metaphor from a stretched thread to a straight mark to a sequence happened so long ago that no English speaker feels it any more. A name that ends in those four letters is not carrying any of that, since the ending in American naming came from other names rather than from the noun, but the coincidence is worth knowing.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The front is a pet form serving several unrelated names and cannot be assigned; the ending is naming material rather than the English word, though it is spelled identically. Neither half brings a meaning into the compound. The resemblance to the word is a coincidence of spelling.
Pronouncing Jerline
jur-LEEN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The ending is said with a long e rather than the long i of the English word line, which is the one thing about the spelling that misleads.
Nicknames for Jerline
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 194041 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1130reached in 1932
- Change vs 1968
- 0.0%5 in 1995, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jerlines among us
people named Jerline are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jerline sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Final stress gives the name a definite finish and makes it carry when called.
- Jeri and Lina are two short forms with quite different flavors.
- Every sound in it is ordinary English.
- The ending is spelled like an English word said differently, so readers hesitate.
- Jerlene and Jerlean exist for the same sound.
- It is strongly dated to the early twentieth century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jerlines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jerline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jerline in 2025?
- Jerline is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Jerline with classmates?
- Jerline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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