Jer
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jer is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Clipping of jerfalcon.
- CACanada≈1 in 38K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 47K
- USUnited States1 in 673K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 201 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Clipping of jerfalcon.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 113K | — | Jer | 20 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Jer | 46 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Jer | 3 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Jer | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Jer | 56 |
| US United States | — | 494 | 1 in 673K | 338 | Jer | 201 |
| IE Ireland | #673 | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Jer | 24 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Jer | 28 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Jer | 4 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Jer | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Chinese, alternative form of 脧 (“penis”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kazakh, Latin spelling of жер (jer, “land, earth, soil; country; place; distance”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, second person plural objective case – you, yourselves
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Jere.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, because, for (for the reason)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Liu Zheb. 1395not in their usual namepolitician
- Wang Zheb. 1427not in their usual namepolitician
- Liu Zheb. 1428not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 198849
- Chen Zheb. 1435not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 199474
- Jer Bulsarab. 1922GBmother of Freddie Mercury (1922-2016)
- Jang Cholb. 1955KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean politician
- Sun Zheb. 1990CNnot in their usual nameChinese basketball player
- Zhang Zhenot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 46718
- Zhang Zhenot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 346616
- Chen Zhenot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 304447
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 338 | #20,789 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 156 | #20,789 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1965 | 5 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jer mean, and where does it come from?
- Clipping of jerfalcon. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jer a male or female name?
- Jer is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Jer in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jer.
- How common is the name Jer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 494 people named Jer in 2020, about 1 in 673 thousand residents.
- How common is Jer compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Jer is the 673rd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jer” — the 673rd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.