Given name
Jerrye
“a holy man; having great strength”
Jerrye is a variant of Jerry. One Greek interpretation is “a holy man; having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jerrye is a variant of Jerry. One Greek interpretation is “a holy man; having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerrye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 0 boys · 148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1939
- 15 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 girls is 9 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1939. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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