Jerry
given name · Latin script
Meaning: , As a boy’s name this is a pet form of bJeremy or Gerald, or occasionally of Gerard and pJerome
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɛɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jerry is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 38th most common given name.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 493(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 497
- SGSingapore≈1 in 501
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jerry itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #255 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 606 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 493 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
, As a boy’s name this is a pet form of bJeremy or Gerald, or occasionally of Gerard and pJerome. As a girl’s name it is a variant of Gerry.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jerry 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 497 | — | Jerry | 78 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 592,180as Jiří | 1 in 18 | 592K | — | — |
| US United States | #109 | 369,611 | 1 in 900 | 363K | Jerry | 606 |
| PH Philippines | #58 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 493 | — | Jerry | 150 |
| NG Nigeria | #543 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | listed | Jerry | 118 |
| SG Singapore | #38 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 501 | — | Jerry | 107 |
| IE Ireland | #82 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 517 | — | Jerry | 92 |
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; MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)
Jerry 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.
Probably also an altered spelling of Scottish Gerrie, Gerry, shortened forms of Garioch.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from a pet form of the Norman personal name Gerald.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, or similar male given names.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, diminutive of Gerald or Jerome
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
English: 1 (m.) Pet form of JEREMY or GERALD , or occasionally of GERARD and JEROME . 2 (f.) A comparatively rare variant of GERRY . Top
as a word
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)
- Jerry Lewisb. 1926USAmerican comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)
- Jerry Hermanb. 1931USAmerican composer and lyricist (1931-2019)
- Jerry Brownb. 1938USGovernor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938)
- Jerry Westb. 1938USAmerican basketball player and executive (1938-2024)
- Jerry Bruckheimerb. 1943USAmerican film and television producer (born 1943)
- Jerry Zuckerb. 1950USAmerican director and producer
- Jerry Hallb. 1956USAmerican model
- Jerry Yangb. 1968USfounder of Yahoo!
- Jerry Ferrarab. 1979USAmerican actor
- Nick Jonasb. 1992USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, actor and musician
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 103 sources across 63 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 363K | #132 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7K | #132 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 262 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 52 | #1,889 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 6 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Is Jerry a male or female name?
- Jerry 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.
- What are other forms of the name Jerry?
- In the etymology graph, Gerard, Jeremiah and Gerry are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jeremy and Jerome.
- Where does the name Jerry come from?
- , As a boy’s name this is a pet form of bJeremy or Gerald, or occasionally of Gerard and pJerome. As a girl’s name it is a variant of Gerry. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Jerry?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Jerry mean?
- Recorded meaning: , As a boy’s name this is a pet form of bJeremy or Gerald, or occasionally of Gerard and pJerome.
- In which country does Jerry have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 million people named Jerry in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jerry.
- How common is the name Jerry?
- In the United States, the national register counted 369,611 people named Jerry in 2020, about 1 in 900 residents.
- How common is Jerry compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Jerry is the 38th most common given name of 52,448 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/jerryThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jerry” — the 38th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.