Jeremiah Forename
Approximately 287,715 people bear this name
Jeremiah Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is high’, the name of one of the great Hebrew prophets. The English form of the name Jeremy, is found from the 13th C. Jeremiah and Jeremias (the Greek form) were adopted by the Puritans in the 17th C. There has been some revival of Jeremy in the present century.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 66,217 | 1:2,682 | 486 |
| United States | 100% | 56,383 | 1:6,430 | 830 |
| Kenya | 100% | 44,175 | 1:1,048 | 220 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23,564 | 1:2,240 | 430 |
| South Africa | 100% | 14,133 | 1:3,859 | 741 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 11,273 | 1:1,368 | 252 |
| Ghana | 100% | 8,877 | 1:3,040 | 463 |
| Malawi | 100% | 7,678 | 1:2,229 | 425 |
| Philippines | 88% | 7,578 | 1:13,989 | 1,690 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6,349 | 1:695 | 137 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Ireland | 100% | 5,481 | 1:847 | 168 |
| Uganda | 99% | 4,391 | 1:9,327 | 955 |
| Zambia | - | 4,273 | 1:3,710 | 576 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,194 | 1:2,552 | 294 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,028 | 1:7,137 | 971 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,582 | 1:1,117 | 280 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| England | 100% | 1,595 | 1:34,861 | 1,865 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,103 | 1:30,039 | 2,394 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | 100% | 686 | 1:3,184 | 561 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 470 | 1:64,787 | 5,056 |
| Swaziland | - | 461 | 1:2,820 | 593 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| India | 100% | 355 | 1:3,422,191 | 148,937 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 337 | 1:4,040 | 740 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 305 | 1:1,905 | 337 |
| Australia | - | 259 | 1:52,732 | 2,449 |
| Namibia | - | 245 | 1:9,813 | 1,202 |
| Poland | - | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Indonesia | - | 217 | 1:1,188,773 | 70,354 |
| Thailand | 100% | 194 | 1:361,164 | 19,060 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Egypt | 100% | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Singapore | 100% | 139 | 1:45,231 | 6,642 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 133 | 1:1,337 | 233 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 122 | 1:16,721 | 2,210 |
| New Zealand | - | 102 | 1:44,471 | 2,548 |
| Scotland | 100% | 93 | 1:57,531 | 1,719 |
| Wales | 100% | 90 | 1:34,381 | 1,452 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Guyana | 100% | 84 | 1:9,086 | 1,410 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 82 | 1:87,219 | 7,256 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 63 | 1:268,287 | 8,818 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 62 | 1:168,246 | 7,350 |
| Brazil | 100% | 61 | 1:3,512,068 | 61,694 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 56 | 1:1,992 | 384 |
| Germany | 100% | 55 | 1:1,757,780 | 10,822 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 52 | 1:2,996 | 575 |
| Grenada | 100% | 52 | 1:2,079 | 436 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| France | 100% | 50 | 1:1,329,407 | 9,222 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Sweden | 98% | 47 | 1:209,743 | 7,186 |
| Belize | 100% | 37 | 1:9,576 | 1,476 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 32 | 1:57,598 | 1,260 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Iraq | - | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Afghanistan | 60% | 25 | 1:1,304,941 | 14,244 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| China | - | 22 | 1:62,093,445 | 62,885 |
| Spain | 100% | 22 | 1:2,114,998 | 11,922 |
| Japan | - | 20 | 1:6,399,303 | 29,954 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Panama | 100% | 16 | 1:244,160 | 8,726 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14 | 1:820,717 | 10,753 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Israel | 50% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Italy | 100% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Benin | 100% | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Czechia | 88% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Jérémiah (11) are calculated separately.
Jeremiah (99,741) may also be a surname.
Jeremiah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is high’, the name of one of the great Hebrew prophets. The English form of the name Jeremy, is found from the 13th C. Jeremiah and Jeremias (the Greek form) were adopted by the Puritans in the 17th C. There has been some revival of Jeremy in the present century. In Ireland it has been used to render the native Diarmaidh.
Jeremias Curia Regis Rolls 1200, 1201, 1210. Jeremy Feet of Fines 1239.
‘As Judah sinned more and more, and her fate drew on, Jeremiah stood forth as her leading prophet’; he flourished ca. 650 B. C. ‘His name meant exalted of the Lord, and became Jeremias in the Greek, Jeremy in vernacular English,’ Yonge.
The Scripture name, in Hebrew יִרְמְיָה, Yirm-Yah, which Simonis renders ‘elevated of the Lord’ (yaram-Yah). The nickname is Jerry.
Hebrew (masculine) - Exaltation of God.
Jera-my'-ah, the grandeur of the Lord. 1. The son of Hilkiah, of the race of the priests, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. Jer. i. 1. He was set apart for the office from his birth. He began to prophesy in the reign of Josiah, A. M. 3375. 2. The name of the father of Hamutal, who was the wife of Josiah. 2 Kings xxiv. 18. 3. A descendant of Manasseh. 1 Chron. v. 24. 4. A soldier who joined David at Ziklag. 1 Chron. xii. 4, 10. 5. The name of another who joined David at Ziklag. 1 Chron. xii. 13.
Meaning: Jah will cast forth.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Exalted of God: the Lord’s appointed or exalted one.
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