Given name & surname
Jere
“a holy man; having great strength”·“one who rules with the spear”
Jere is a variant of Jerry. One Greek interpretation is “a holy man; having great strength.” Jere is a variant of Jeraldine. In English use, Jeraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jere is a variant of Jerry. One Greek interpretation is “a holy man; having great strength.” Jere is a variant of Jeraldine. In English use, Jeraldine carries the interpretation “one who rules with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jere is a short form of Jeremias. Jeremias comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Jere is a short form of Jeremias.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jere connects to the Geraldine name family through Jeraldine. The history of Geraldine gives this family its wider story. The Earl of Surrey created Geraldine in the sixteenth century in a poem praising Lady Fitzgerald. Geraldine remained little used for a time before becoming more established in the eighteenth century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jere through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,437
- 4,278 boys · 1,159 girls
- Most popular year
- 1941
- 166 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 79% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 137 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,550 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.
Jere’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jere is a short form of Jeremias. Jere has a related form in Jerry. Jere has a related form in Jeraldine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jere
- KäärijäFinnish rapper, singer and songwriterborn 1993
- Jere UronenFinnish footballerborn 1994
- Jere LehtinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1973
- Jere KaralahtiFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Jere BurnsAmerican actor (b. 1954)
- Jere SallinenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Jere InnalaFinnish ice hockey player (born 1998)
- Jere HårdFinnish swimmerborn 1978
- Jere BeasleyAmerican politicianborn 1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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