Jerrold

Jerrold or Jerold are masculine English given name variants of Gerald, a German language name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- ("spear") and suffix -wald ("rule"). Jerrold was initially brought to Great Britain by the Normans.^[1] There are feminine nicknames, including Jeri. Jerrold is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Jerrold or its variants include:

Given name

• Jerold T. Hevener
• Jerrold Immel, United States television composer
• Jerrold Northrop Moore (b. 1934), US-British musicologist
• Jerrold Nadler, American politician from New York
• Jerold Ottley

Surname

• Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857), English dramatist and writer
• William Blanchard Jerrold (1826–1884), English journalist and author
• Walter Jerrold (1865–1929), English writer and journalist

Variant

• David Gerrold, science fiction author, born Jerrold David Friedman

See also

• Jerald (name)
• Gerald (given name)
• Jerrold Electronics

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