Given name
Jerney
“a humorous man”
Jerney is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “a humorous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “a humorous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 191
- 10 boys · 181 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,953 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,953 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 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.
Jerney’s family of names
Jerney has a related form in Jerne. Jerney has a related form in Jernea. Jerney has a related form in Jernee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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