Boy
Jerrold
As a boy's name, Jerrold is understood to mean "spear rule". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. In total, about 8,434 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
EtymologyVariant of Gerald
EtymologyMeaning "spear rule"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
140
1920s
403
1930s
1,165
1940s
1,679
1950s
2,260
1960s
1,093
1970s
948
1980s
347
1990s
242
2000s
130
2010s
27
Peaked in the 1950s · 8,434 total U.S. births since 1900