Given name & surname
Jeran
“a song of rejoicing”
Jeran is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeran is a variant of Jaron. One interpretation is “a song of rejoicing.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 505
- 497 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,857 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,857 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 494 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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