Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gerren isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gerren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 590
- 552 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 523 as a first name in 2020; 286 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gerren’s family of names
In English usage, Gerren has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Gerontiusz.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gerren
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gerren, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
German
“a man from Germany” · “one who is brotherly”
>99% boys
Geoffrey
“a man of peace”
>99% boys
Brenton
“from the hill”
>99% boys
Eugenio
“a wellborn man”
>99% boys
Branden
“from the broom or gorse hill”
>99% boys
Darnell
“a secretive woman” · “from the hidden place”
>99% boys
Jamin
“the right hand of favor”
>99% boys
Minh
“a clever man”
92% boys · 8% girls