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Jethro

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/

Rank in 2024
#1,082
Born in 2024
201
Peak year
2024 · #1082
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 201 boys were named Jethro, about 1 in every 8,534.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1893.
  • 4,077 boys have been named Jethro since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jethro per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 511 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 352 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 385 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 237 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 288 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 555 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,730 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Jethro, from Old English Iethrō, from Latin Iethrō, from Biblical Hebrew יִתְרוֹ (yitró).

  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Jethro, CC BY-SA 4.0.