Jerra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Jerra by the numbers
Jerra was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Jerra
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 Jerra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jerria form of jerry or jeremiah; exalted of the lord13 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Jemmagem or jewel; spelling variant of Gemma491 in the US (2017)
- JessaGod beholds; short form of Jessica307 in the US (2017)
- Jeanaa form of jean; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
- Jeevalife or living being7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jerra
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