Jethro is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “excellence.” In 2024 it was given to 201 boys in the United States.
Jethro belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “excellence” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jethro first appears in Social Security records in 1893. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #903 in 1899, and in 2024 201 babies received the name — 4,077 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jethro means “excellence” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jethro is a boy name. In 2024, 201 babies received the name in the US.
Jethro comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Jethro first appears in US records in 1893. Its best-ever ranking was #903 in 1899, and 201 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jethro is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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