Given name & surname
Jera
“a religious woman”
Jera is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a religious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a religious woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 769
- 0 boys · 769 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 813 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jera’s family of names
Jera has a related form in Jeriah. Jera has a related form in Jerra. Jera has a related form in Jerah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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