What is Jerry short for?
Jerry is short for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Gerald and Jerome. In 2025, 262 boys in the United States were given Jerry as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Jerry
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Jeremiah Hebrew origin
Jerry from Jeremiah: the friendly classic.
9 girls and 3,840 boys named Jeremiah in 2025
Jeremy Hebrew origin
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Jerry from Jeremy: the classic short form, shared with Jerome and Gerald.
1,152 boys named Jeremy in 2025