Jérémie as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jérémie

What is the meaning of the name Jérémie ?

The baby name Jérémie is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced zhay-ray-MEE.

Jérémie is French, Hebrew in Origin.

Jérémie is the French form of Jeremiah, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יִרְמְיָהוּ, Yirməyāhū, with the shorter יִרְמְיָה, Yirməyāh, also found in the Hebrew Bible. The name combines a verbal element usually connected with the root r-w-m, to be high or exalt, and the theophoric ending -yāhū/-yāh, referring to Yahweh; its literal sense is Yahweh exalts or Yahweh raises up.

Its transmission into French runs through Greek Ieremias and Latin Jeremias, the forms used in biblical and ecclesiastical tradition. The prophet Jeremiah gave the name enduring Jewish and Christian associations, while Jérémie became established in French-speaking Catholic and secular naming. Jérémy is a common modern French variant, influenced partly by English Jeremy; unaccented Jeremie appears where diacritics are dropped, especially in international records.