Jeremy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jeremy

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The baby name Jeremy is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɛrəmi/ (JER-ə-mee).

Jeremy is English in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 3.0

Origin: English

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛrəmi/ (JER-ə-mee)

What is the meaning of the name Jeremy ?

The baby name Jeremy is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɛrəmi/ (JER-ə-mee).

Jeremy is English in Origin.

Jeremy is the English vernacular form of the biblical name Jeremiah, ultimately from Hebrew Yirmeyahu, combining the divine element Yahweh with a root meaning “to exalt/raise,” hence “Yahweh will exalt” or “raised by God.” The name reached English through Greek Ieremias and Latin Jeremias, filtering via Old French Jérémie into Middle English as Jeremy, alongside the learned form Jeremiah.

In use in England from the late medieval period, the name grew with Reformation-era taste for Old Testament names and flourished among 17th‑century Puritans (e.g., Anglican divine Jeremy Taylor), later gaining Enlightenment sheen through philosopher Jeremy Bentham. In the United States it surged in the 1970s–80s. International variants include Jeremiah (English), Jeremias (Latin, German, Spanish, Portuguese), Jérémie/Jérémy or Jeremie (French), and Jeremi/Jeremiáš (Polish/Czech). Nicknames and short forms include Jem, Jerry, Jez, and Jezza.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Jeremy	Sagan	Carl Sagan	television presenter	★★★★★
Jeremy	Gordon-Levitt	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	film director	★★★★★
Jeremy	Ayala González	Daddy Yankee	singer	★★★★★

Jeremy – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2020	#1	—	431
FJ	Boys	0	#16	2	603
BW		0	#19	1	960
KR	Boys	0	#27	1	897
SV	Boys	0	#27	2	352
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
MT		0	#36	8	1,767
ID		0	#37	3	2,238
MO		0	#50	3	2,706
PR		0	#52	4	1,497
CM		0	#56	1	2,592
SG		0	#56	284	11,010
CY		0	#60	1	1,632
LU		0	#60	7	2,830
JP		0	#70	8	4,057
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
CN		0	#72	14	3,857
AL		0	#76	1	2,372
SG	Boys	0	#76	1,849	17,960
AO		0	#77	1	2,729
MV	Boys	0	#77	3	3,375
TW		0	#79	22	4,523
PH		0	#80	17	5,607
RS		0	#84	1	923
JM		0	#91	3	3,714
EC		0	#94	22	2,502
TW	Boys	0	#98	185	7,111
MT	Boys	0	#100	85	4,064
OM		0	#100	17	6,215
QA		0	#103	4	7,011
BN	Boys	0	#111	23	6,332
PR	Boys	0	#111	71	2,508
CR		0	#114	45	5,526
CN	Boys	0	#116	285	9,639
CR	Boys	0	#117	1,032	10,188
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#118	20	1,769
KW		0	#119	3	5,216
ID	Boys	0	#122	10	4,130
CY	Boys	0	#124	8	3,473
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
IQ		0	#132	2	3,533
MU		0	#132	6	3,613
PA		0	#135	4	3,797
EC	Boys	0	#141	120	3,322
LU	Boys	0	#142	77	4,970
LT	Boys	0	#150	2	2,166
BW	Boys	0	#152	3	4,685
RS	Boys	0	#153	2	2,277
AE		0	#157	21	10,220
PR	Girls	0	#165	3	3,171
HU	Boys	0	#170	5	3,954
MO	Boys	0	#175	49	5,842
Sweden	Boys	2022	#180	3	1,509
NA	Boys	0	#180	56	6,830
HR		0	#181	1	2,081
UY		0	#182	1	2,477
CZ		0	#185	2	3,154
MU	Boys	0	#188	191	8,477
PS		0	#190	29	5,692
RU		0	#191	4	3,641
MY		0	#193	145	12,352
PH	Boys	0	#198	208	11,440
DK		0	#203	4	5,198
Canada	Boys	2024	#204	105	2,588
HK	Boys	0	#207	590	12,905
SI	Boys	0	#207	5	3,402
PA	Boys	0	#208	402	9,305
PL		0	#212	1	2,600
JM	Boys	0	#219	54	6,876
BG	Boys	0	#220	1	3,850
CL	Boys	0	#228	1,292	13,390
IL		0	#229	46	6,291
NL	Boys	0	#234	1,697	5,873
NA	Girls	0	#237	1	7,146
GH		0	#243	6	5,396
AO	Boys	0	#244	6	5,568
JP	Boys	0	#246	52	7,909
United States	Boys	2024	#247	1,308	7,044
PT		0	#248	3	4,161
GT	Boys	0	#251	293	7,625
HK		0	#255	96	8,483
EC	Girls	0	#257	2	3,650
HR	Boys	0	#258	2	3,997
MO	Girls	0	#260	4	7,056
ZA		0	#262	187	14,421
NG		0	#265	8	5,926
GR	Boys	0	#270	4	6,912
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
MY	Boys	0	#274	1,651	25,439
PE	Boys	0	#274	1,560	14,506
GT		0	#275	40	5,948
CZ	Boys	0	#276	29	6,530
JM	Girls	0	#278	1	7,507
SA		0	#281	15	10,560
PE		0	#285	26	6,350
Canada	Girls	2000	#288	5	2,355
TW	Girls	0	#289	1	8,139
KZ	Boys	0	#292	5	6,578
Finland		0	#298	10	830
AL	Boys	0	#303	1	5,122
NL		0	#306	86	2,481
DK	Boys	0	#309	17	7,401
PL	Boys	0	#321	15	6,459
GH	Boys	0	#323	23	8,138
KZ	Girls	0	#332	1	5,862
GH	Girls	0	#335	3	6,973
QA	Girls	0	#335	9	15,378
CN	Girls	0	#340	10	8,829
PT	Boys	0	#347	21	7,951
CZ	Girls	0	#351	1	5,378
BR		0	#359	2	5,969
Germany	Boys	0	#361	931	5,697
MU	Girls	0	#361	2	8,539
PH	Girls	0	#362	29	13,098
PL	Girls	0	#363	2	5,096
ZA	Boys	0	#363	1,640	25,619
France	Boys	2021	#367	21	2,865
UY	Boys	0	#367	33	5,922
BO		0	#369	13	6,868
Austria	Boys	0	#379	64	2,180
CL		0	#386	26	6,867
JO	Boys	0	#387	3	7,057
Finland	Boys	0	#393	35	2,041
YE		0	#398	1	8,639
MX		0	#400	14	8,339
Germany		0	#406	32	2,542
EG		0	#411	2	6,387
PS	Boys	0	#418	131	10,655
OM	Girls	0	#422	3	15,987
Spain		0	#434	19	2,326
AR	Boys	0	#439	29	7,628
IL	Boys	0	#451	160	10,983
CO	Boys	0	#459	645	15,656
CO		0	#460	21	7,768
RU	Boys	0	#462	44	12,621
SD	Boys	0	#463	4	10,523
PA	Girls	0	#471	11	9,861
PT	Girls	0	#471	1	7,952
BO	Boys	0	#497	96	9,244
CM	Boys	0	#518	33	12,054
RU	Girls	0	#522	2	11,913
IR	Boys	0	#524	29	10,162
BH		0	#529	25	17,937
GT	Girls	0	#534	8	7,500
UY	Girls	0	#534	3	6,731
Finland	Boys	2026	#538	149	3,552
MX	Boys	0	#541	565	16,355
PS	Girls	0	#545	3	10,981
Spain	Boys	0	#549	441	5,610
KW	Girls	0	#556	6	19,177
LY		0	#558	2	12,703
CM	Girls	0	#560	1	11,671
SG	Girls	0	#572	15	18,916
AE	Girls	0	#589	9	20,968
HK	Girls	0	#598	18	16,104
BD	Boys	0	#603	3	10,045
QA	Boys	0	#640	68	18,093
LB		0	#642	17	13,263
IL	Girls	0	#643	3	11,648
BO	Girls	0	#651	1	9,488
IN	Girls	0	#651	4	13,121
IT		0	#666	49	4,183
IQ	Boys	0	#689	9	13,071
KW	Boys	0	#726	44	18,755
NG	Boys	0	#772	182	16,906
BR	Boys	0	#778	8	12,213
OM	Boys	0	#819	63	17,948
NG	Girls	0	#820	7	15,093
CL	Girls	0	#837	15	14,098
TN		0	#857	9	13,765
EG	Boys	0	#869	18	15,035
IT	Boys	0	#904	604	10,046
PE	Girls	0	#918	26	14,861
SA	Girls	0	#918	18	25,931
United States	Girls	2018	#921	5	9,057
IN	Boys	0	#962	40	16,750
AE	Boys	0	#967	126	22,615
MY	Girls	0	#971	24	24,821
CO	Girls	0	#1,053	26	16,140
MA		0	#1,071	58	20,986
ZA	Girls	0	#1,126	16	25,928
DZ		0	#1,134	43	20,130
MX	Girls	0	#1,154	30	17,781
TR		0	#1,177	35	19,440
IT	Girls	0	#1,429	18	9,415
SA	Boys	0	#1,437	178	28,008

Jeremy is popular in 88 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Ireland

Canada

Scotland, United Kingdom

Switzerland

United States

Sweden

Flanders, Belgium

Germany

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

Brussels, Belgium

New South Wales, Australia

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

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