Given name
Jeshurun
“a righteous man”
Jeshurun is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a righteous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a righteous man.”
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 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeshurun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 117 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,269 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,269 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeshurun’s family of names
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ashershares a root
- Shilohshares a root
- Sharonshares a root
- Asrielshares a root
- Asherahshares a root
- Jeshershares a root
- Jasharshares a root
- Asshurshares a root
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