Jerry (given name)

Jerry

Gender	male
Origin
Region of origin	English
Other names
Related names	Gerry, Gerrie, Jery, Jerrie, Jeri, Jeremy, Jeremiah

Jerry is a given name, used for both sexes. It is of Old English origin, and sometimes can be spelled Gerry, Gerrie, Jery, Jerrie, or Jeri. It is a diminutive form of Gerald, Geraldine, Jeremy, Jeremiah or Jerome.

List of people with the given name Jerry

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• Jerry Birn (1923–2009), American television writer
• Jerry Cantrell (born 1966), guitarist and vocalist for grunge band, Alice in Chains
• Jerry Clower (1926–1998), country comedian
• Jerry Garcia (1942–1995), guitarist and vocalist for the American jam band, The Grateful Dead
• Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004), Film music composer
• Jerry Hall (born 1956), American model and actress
• Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1935), American singer, songwriter and pianist
• Jerry Lewis (born 1926), American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian
• Jerry Martin (musician), American jazz and New Age composer and video game creator
• Jerry O'Connell (born 1974), American actor
• Jerry Orbach (1935–2004), American actor
• Jerry Reed (1937–2008), guitarist and country singer
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor and writer
• Jerry Springer (born 1944), TV personality and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Jerry Van Dyke (born 1931), American actor and comedian

Sports

• Jerry Kiernan (born 1953), Irish long-distance runner
• Jerry Lawler (born 1949), American musician, professional wrestler and commentator
• Jerry Rice (born 1962), a former American football wide receiver
• Jerry Stackhouse (born 1974), American basketball player
• Jerry West (born 1938), American basketball player

Politics

• Jerry Brown, California governor
• Jerry Mateparae (born 1954), New Zealand Governor-General Designate and former Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force
• Jerry Weyer (born 1986), Luxembourgian politician

Other

• Jerry Coleby-Williams, Australian conservationist, horticulturalist and plant curator
• Jerry Dolyn Brown (born 1942), Alabama folk artist and traditional potter
• Jerry Parr (born 1930), retired United States Secret Service agent
• Jerry Spinelli (born 1941), writer of young adult fiction

Fictional characters

• Jerry Seinfeld (character), eponymous character in the American sitcom, Seinfeld
• Jerry Mouse, a fictional mouse in the "Tom and Jerry" cartoons
• Jerry Stokes, a character in the short lived television series Welcome to Eltingville
• Jerry Cruncher, a character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

See also

• Jeri
• Jerry Brown (disambiguation)
• Geri (disambiguation)