Jerold
Boy · JER-uld · Germanic
Jerold is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jerold mean?
Germanic: variant of Gerald
“spear ruler”
A variant of Gerald, from Germanic ger 'spear' and wald 'rule', brought to England by the Normans.
- Say it
- JER-uld
Is Jerold a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerold is a boys' name.
How popular is Jerold in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1942, with 228 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jerold in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerold in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,053 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,052 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1972 | 66 | #993 |
| 1971 | 75 | #941 |
| 1970 | 102 | #804 |
| 1969 | 106 | #759 |
| 1968 | 101 | #742 |
| 1967 | 100 | #735 |
| 1966 | 110 | #706 |
| 1965 | 107 | #717 |
| 1964 | 106 | #747 |
| 1963 | 128 | #685 |
| 1962 | 120 | #702 |
| 1961 | 120 | #697 |
| 1960 | 129 | #690 |
| 1959 | 112 | #721 |
| 1958 | 113 | #702 |
| 1957 | 139 | #651 |
| 1956 | 139 | #642 |
| 1955 | 139 | #630 |
| 1954 | 167 | #568 |
| 1953 | 184 | #518 |
| 1952 | 134 | #607 |
| 1951 | 151 | #554 |
| 1950 | 171 | #511 |
| 1949 | 177 | #495 |
| 1948 | 163 | #516 |
| 1947 | 210 | #463 |
| 1946 | 156 | #513 |
| 1945 | 169 | #456 |
| 1944 | 180 | #450 |
| 1943 | 208 | #432 |
| 1942 | 228 | #403 |
| 1941 | 194 | #418 |
| 1940 | 182 | #432 |
| 1939 | 158 | #457 |
| 1938 | 131 | #510 |
| 1937 | 126 | #513 |
| 1936 | 119 | #518 |
| 1935 | 137 | #482 |
| 1934 | 141 | #481 |
| 1933 | 102 | #569 |
| 1932 | 87 | #651 |
| 1931 | 104 | #576 |
| 1930 | 76 | #718 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 |
| 1928 | 69 | #779 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,001 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Jerold
- Jerry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jerold
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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