Jethro

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

In sacred texts

 * Jethro (biblical figure), the father-in-law of Moses
 * Yitro (parsha)
 * Jethro in rabbinic literature
 * Shuaib (Jethro in Islam)

Fictional characters

 * 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