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Jere
How to Pronounce Jere
Pronounced JER-ee /ˈdʒɛr.i/Medium
Meaning: As a girl's name Jere is a clipped form, most often of Geraldine, and a spelling-cousin of Jeri and Jerry. Geraldine descends from Germanic Gerald, 'spear-ruler.' On that reading Jere inherits the 'spear-ruler' sense; it can also be a feminine echo of Jeremy.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jere as a girl's name is a short, spare form most often standing in for Geraldine, from Germanic Gerald, 'spear-ruler,' and closely tied to the spellings Jeri and Jerry. Some families also used it as a feminine counterpart to Jeremy. Given directly as a first name, it belongs to the mid-century American taste for brisk nickname-names.
The girls' Jere saw scattered use across the twentieth century and crested around 1982, borne by roughly a thousand across its run before fading by the mid-2000s. A Jere named at the peak is now around forty. It stayed rare and reads as a slim, informal nickname-name rather than a fashion name.
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What does the name Jere mean?
As a girl's name Jere is a short form chiefly of Geraldine, from a Germanic root meaning 'spear-ruler.'
How do you pronounce Jere?
It's said JER-ee /ˈdʒɛr.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Jere a boy or girl name?
This entry is the girl's Jere, a short form of Geraldine; the spelling is also used for boys.
How popular is Jere?
Jere is a rare nickname-name for girls that saw quiet use through the twentieth century, cresting in the early nineteen-eighties.