Given name
Jeret
“one who is strong with the spear”
Jeret is a variant of Jarrett. One English interpretation is “one who is strong with the spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeret is a variant of Jarrett. One English interpretation is “one who is strong with the spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jeret is a variant of Jarrett. An origin associated with Jarrett is English.
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
Jeret through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 223
- 223 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 16 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 9 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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