Given name · also Latin

Jetro

Jetro is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jetro comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Iethrō, from Hebrew יִתְרוֹ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jetro’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Jetro has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jethro.

Walk Jetro’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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.

People named Jetro

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Jetro, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

Jethlah

“it will be conspicuously displayed”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jetur

“defence” · “he will border”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jetheth

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jether

“excellence” · “abundance”

No U.S. birth series

85% boys · 15% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Jebus

“trodden underfoot” · “he will trample down”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jehuel

“El lives”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jesher

“straight” · “just”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Jēkabs

Jēkabs is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jetro’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Jetro