Given name
Jerusha
“a faithful wife”
Jerusha is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a faithful wife.”
Original Hebrewירושא
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a faithful wife.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jerusha appears in 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Chronicles 27:1.
- 2 Kings 15:33
- 2 Chronicles 27:1
From biblical name research
Jerusha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,197
- 0 boys · 1,197 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,357 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,357 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,022 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.
Jerusha’s family of names
Jerusha has a related form in Jaruscha. Jerusha has a related form in Jarusha. Jerusha has a related form in Jeruscha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jerusha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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