Jeremias as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jeremias

What is the meaning of the name Jeremias ?

The baby name Jeremias is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˌdʒɛrəˈmaɪəs/ (JEH-ruh-MY-us),Spanish: /xeɾeˈmias/ (heh-reh-MEE-as),Portuguese: /ʒeɾeˈmias/ (zheh-reh-MEE-as).

Jeremias is Hebrew in Origin.

Jeremias is the pan-European form of the biblical Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu (Yirmiyahu), formed from the divine name YHWH and a root meaning “to raise/exalt,” yielding “the Lord exalts” or “Yahweh will lift up.” The Greek Septuagint rendered it Ieremías, passed into Latin as Jeremias; that liturgical pathway fixed the spelling in many languages and church registers.

Borne by the major prophet of the Hebrew Bible and associated with the Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations, the name circulated widely in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, with renewed favor among Protestants during the Reformation’s revival of Old Testament names. Contemporary usage is steady but modest in Germany, the Nordics, Portugal, and Spanish-speaking countries (Jeremías). Notable variants include Jeremiah (English), Jeremia/Jeremias (German, Finnish), Jérémie (French), Geremia (Italian), Jeremias/Jeremías (Portuguese/Spanish), Ieremías (Greek), Jeremiáš (Czech/Slovak), Jeremiás (Hungarian), and Jeremiasz (Polish). Diminutives: Jeremy, Jerry, Jem.