Given name & surname · also Latin
Jerk
Jerk is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Alemannic German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jerk comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Alemannic German usage, Jerk developed from Γεώργιος.
Jerk’s family of names
In Alemannic German usage, Jerk developed from the Ancient Greek form Γεώργιος. Jerk has a related form in Jerker.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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