Name meaning & stats
Jeri
Jeri means “rule of the spear” (Germanic origin). 22,400 US babies since 1940, peak 1957.
What it means
“rule of the spear”
GermanicPet form of Geraldine
In US birth records
Peak year: 1957
22,400 US babies were named Jeri between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jeri (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 52% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1957)