Jerik

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jerik by the numbers

Jerik was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jerik

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jerik. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jerispear ruler; a form of jerry or geraldine14 in the US (2017)
  • Jerikomoon city; modern spelling of Jericho10 in the US (2017)
  • Jerick3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jerek11 in the US (2017)
  • Jeric9 in the US (2017)
  • Jerin7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jerik

Names that are said the same way as Jerik, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Jerik

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