Jermaine

Where Jermaine comes from

Rare variant of Germain.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jermaine
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Jermaine Jackson born
    American musician
  3. 1970
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1973
    Peak, #127
    2,038 babies named Jermaine — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1983
    Jermaine Pennant born
    English association football player
  6. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #241.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Jermaine Jackson · American musician, born 1954
  • Jermaine Pennant · English association football player, born 1983
  • Jermaine Jenas · English footballer, born 1983
  • Jermaine Jones · German-American soccer player, born 1981
  • Jermaine O'Neal · American basketball player, born 1978

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.