🔥Jethro

Hebrew

"excellence"

Jethro Origin and Meaning

The name Jethro is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "excellence".

Jethro, though the biblical father-in-law of Moses, has suffered for a long time from a Beverly Hillbilly image, but some really adventurous parents might consider updating and urbanizing it and transitioning it into the hip o-ending category.

The 60s rock group Jethro Tull was named for an eighteenth century British agricultural reformer and inventor.

Jethro Rank in US Top 1000

# 922 in the US

Jethro Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 701 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jethro

• 701 Nameberry 2025
• 135 Unique 2023
• 827 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Jethro

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Famous People Named Jethro

• Jethro Biblical father of Zipporah; father,in,law of Moses
• Jethro Exum Sumner American Revolutionary War general
• Jethro Ayers Hatch U.S. Congressman from Indiana
• Jethro Tull English agriculturalist and inventor of the seed drill
• Jethro Pugh American NFL football player

The name Jethro in Pop Culture

• Jethro Bodine character on TV's "Beverly Hillbillies"
• Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs character on TV's "NCIS"
• Jethro Cane character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Jethro character in G. A. Henty's "The Cat of Bubastes"
• Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden character on TV's "JAG"
• Jethro Creighton character in "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
• Jethro West character on New Zealand TV's "Outrageous Fortune"
• Jethro character in video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
• Jethro Tull British rock band