Jerre
Feminine
Jerre is given to both — 617 girls and 795 boys since 1880. See Jerre as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Jerre is a short form written with an ending that makes it look French, and it is recorded for boys and girls alike. The sound it carries has one unusual side career: during the Second World War it was British slang for a German, and one piece of German engineering still has the name attached.
How old is the name Jerre?
Jerre first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Jerre alive today was born around 1944, making them about 81 years old. About 300 people named Jerre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jerre most popular?
Jerre peaked in 1940, reaching #1404 nationally. See the whole 1940 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jerre
German forces in the desert campaign carried a stamped-steel fuel container with three handles, a sealed cap and a recessed side that let it take knocks without splitting. British and American forces were using flimsy tins that leaked so badly that a significant share of fuel never reached the vehicles. They captured some of the German cans, copied the design exactly, and called it a jerrycan, from the slang word for a German soldier. The name has outlived the war, the slang and in most places the metal, and the shape is still recognizable in plastic on the back of every expedition vehicle. It is a rare case of a piece of equipment being named after the people it was stolen from, openly, by the people who stole it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Jerry and its spellings have served Jerome, Jeremiah, Gerald and Geraldine, among others. This spelling is recorded on its own and the record does not say which longer name, if any, stands behind it.
Pronouncing Jerre
JAIR-ee
Two syllables with the stress in front. The final e is doing the work of a y and adds no syllable.
Nicknames for Jerre
Limited
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
- 1916
- Most girls named
- 195235 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1404reached in 1940
- Change vs 1964
- 0.0%7 in 1965, from 7
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.
Jerres among us
people named Jerre 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
Jerre 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
- The sound is entirely familiar, so it is never mispronounced by anyone who has heard it.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it does not force a reading on anyone.
- Five letters and two syllables: easy to write and easy to learn to spell.
- Jerry and Jeri are both commoner, and this spelling will be corrected to one of them regularly.
- It leans to boys, but a real share of children with this spelling are girls, so forms will sometimes guess wrong.
- It reads as a short form to some people, so formal settings will keep asking what it stands for.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jerres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Jerre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jerre in 2025?
- Jerre is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Jerre with classmates?
- Jerre will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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