Jethro

Jethro
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	“more than enough; overflow”
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 can refer to:

People

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