A spelling variant of Jericho, the biblical place name often linked with the moon or fragrant city.
Jeriko is a variant spelling of Jericho, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth, located in the West Bank near the Jordan River. The city's name appears in the Hebrew Bible as Yericho, and its etymology is debated among scholars: it may derive from the Hebrew "yareaḥ" (moon), suggesting it was once a center of lunar worship, or from "reyaḥ" (fragrant), a reference to the aromatic plants of its oasis. Either origin ties the name to something ancient and elemental — the moon's pull or the scent of a desert spring.
Jericho's most famous appearance in Western tradition is the battle narrative in the Book of Joshua, where the city walls famously fall to the sound of trumpets after the Israelites march around them for seven days. That story has echoed through millennia of religious art, literature, and music — most powerfully in African-American spiritual tradition, where "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" became an anthem of faith and endurance. The city also appears in the New Testament as the setting of the Good Samaritan parable, layering it with additional moral resonance.
The respelling as Jeriko gives the ancient name a contemporary freshness while preserving all its sonic grandeur. It has the same rolling three syllables but reads as a personal name rather than a biblical city — a bearer who carries deep historical weight into the present.