Yirmeyahu as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yirmeyahu

What is the meaning of the name Yirmeyahu ?

The baby name Yirmeyahu is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced YIR-meh-YAH-hoo (/jɪr.meˈja.hu/).

Yirmeyahu is Hebrew in Origin.

Yirmeyahu is the standard Biblical Hebrew form of the prophet’s name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirməyāhū), a theophoric construction combining the root r-w-m “to raise, exalt” with the divine element -yahu (a form of the Tetragrammaton). The most common interpretations are “Yahweh exalts,” “Yahweh will raise up,” with a less frequent gloss “appointed by Yahweh.” A shortened Hebrew variant is Yirmeyah/Yirmiyah, using the -yah ending; vocalization in Modern Hebrew yields Yirmeyahu or Yirmiyahu.

Borne by the major prophet Jeremiah of the late 7th–6th centuries BCE, the name passed into Greek and Latin as Ieremias/Jeremias and spread widely in Jewish and Christian traditions. International equivalents include Jeremiah and Jeremy (English), Jérémie (French), Jeremías/Jeremias (Spanish/Portuguese), Jeremias (German, Nordic), and Geremia (Italian). Diminutives and related forms include Jerry, Jem, and Jer. Among Hebrew speakers it remains traditional, with periodic revival in modern Israel.

⚙ Yirmeyahu is extremely rare. There are only 1 recorded use on record, spread over 1 country.