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Jericho

Jericho: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“city of the moon”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
JAIR-ih-koh · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (94% of all uses)

Jericho is the English form of the biblical place name Yeriho. Its etymology is often linked to a Semitic word for 'moon,' though place-name origins are not fully certain.

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How popular is Jericho?

202483.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jericho in 2024277

2024 rank#903 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18806,063

Jericho has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jericho

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Jericho questions

What does the name Jericho mean?

Jericho means "city of the moon". It comes from Hebrew. Jericho is the English form of the biblical place name Yeriho. Its etymology is often linked to a Semitic word for 'moon,' though place-name origins are not fully certain.

Is Jericho a boy or girl name?

Jericho is mainly a boy's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jericho?

277 US babies were named Jericho in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Jericho?

Jericho is usually pronounced JAIR-ih-koh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.