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Jethro

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
“more than enough; overflow”

Region of origin
  
English-speaking world, Jewish given name

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 can refer to:

Contents

In the Bible

  • Jethro (Bible), the father-in-law of Moses
  • parashath Yithro
  • Jethro in rabbinic literature
  • Shuaib (Jethro in Islam)
  • Entertainment

  • Jethro Burns, stage name of Kenneth C. Burns, mandolin-playing member of Homer and Jethro, mid-20th-century Grammy-winning American satirical country music duo
  • Jethro (comedian), contemporary English stand-up comic
  • Jethro Tull (band), (mainly) 20th-century multiple gold-and-platinum record-releasing British rock group
  • Jethro Bodine, fictional family member ("cousin Jethro") on hit 1960s American situation comedy The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Football

  • Jethro Franklin
  • Jethro Pugh
  • Jetro Willems
  • Others

  • Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
  • Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
  • Jethro Sumner
  • Fictional characters

  • Jethro Bodine, a character in 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 West, a character in Outrageous Fortune
  • Jethro, a character in the game GTA:San Andreas
  • References

    Jethro Wikipedia