Jethro

Jethro
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"Friend of God”
Region of origin	English-speaking world, Jewish given name
Other names
Related names	Hebrew: Yithrô (Yiṯrô, Yisrô, Yisroy); Italian: Ietro; French: Jéthro; Dutch: Jetro, Jeter; Russian: Иофор Iofor (Yofor, Jofor); Arabic: شعيب Shu‘ayb, Sho‘ayb, Shu'aib; Turkish: Şuayb

Jethro is a male given name meaning "Friend of God". It is derived from the Hebrew word Yithrô.

People named Jethro

Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), mandolin player in satirical country music duo Homer and Jethro
Jethro Franklin (born 1965), American football coach
Jethro J. McCullough (1810–1878), American politician and businessman
Jethro Pugh (1944–2015), American football player
Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924), British geologist
Jethro Tull (agriculturist) (1674–1741), British agricultural pioneer
Jethro Sumner (1733–1785), officer in the American Continental Army
Jetro Willems (born 1994), Dutch footballer
Jethro (comedian) (1948–2021), British stand-up comedian, born Geoffrey Rowe

Jethro, a character in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Jethro, a character in the game GTA: San Andreas
Jethro (Jerom in the original version), a character in the Belgian comic book series Spike and Suzy
Jethro Bodine, a character in the American sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies
Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden, a character in JAG
Jethro Creighton, a character in the novel Across Five Aprils
Jethro Cane, a character in the Doctor Who episode "Midnight"
Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a character in NCIS
Jethro Q. Walrustitty, a character in the Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch "Election Night Special"
Jethro West, a character in Outrageous Fortune
Jethro, a character in Micro Machines V3
Jethro "Jet" Bradley, a character in the video game Tron 2.0
Jethro Jefferson, a character in the Discworld novel Snuff