Jeremiah

Where Jeremiah comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremias.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jeremiah
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1618
    Jeremiah Horrocks born
    English astronomer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #276 among boys — 37 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1968
    Jeremiah Manele born
    Solomon Islands politician
  4. 2011
    Peak, #49
    7,630 babies named Jeremiah — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #92.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Jeremiah Horrocks · English astronomer, 1618–1641
  • Jeremiah Manele · Solomon Islands politician, born 1968
  • Jeremiah Clarke · English baroque composer and organist, 1674–1707
  • Jeremiah S. Black · American lawyer and politician, 1810–1883
  • Jeremiah Azu · British sprinter, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.