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

Notable people named Jethro

• Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), American 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 Rostedt (born 1976), Finnish real estate agent and businessman

• 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

See also

• Jethro Tull (band), a mainly 20th-century multiple gold-and-platinum record-releasing British rock group named after the agriculturalist