Jeremias Forename
Approximately 146,846 people bear this name
Jeremias 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | - | 56,639 | 1:481 | 89 |
| Brazil | 100% | 22,072 | 1:9,706 | 1,112 |
| Angola | 100% | 16,600 | 1:1,624 | 333 |
| Philippines | 99% | 15,447 | 1:6,863 | 1,050 |
| Mexico | 95% | 8,446 | 1:14,699 | 1,055 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,185 | 1:11,417 | 970 |
| Peru | 96% | 3,588 | 1:8,860 | 1,075 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,681 | 1:6,008 | 674 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,146 | 1:4,109 | 589 |
| United States | 100% | 1,777 | 1:204,016 | 7,207 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,678 | 1:3,779 | 440 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,362 | 1:189,401 | 18,537 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,224 | 1:14,385 | 921 |
| Argentina | 99% | 1,201 | 1:35,615 | 1,210 |
| Spain | 100% | 831 | 1:55,993 | 2,136 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| South Africa | 99% | 757 | 1:72,038 | 6,542 |
| Panama | 100% | 668 | 1:5,848 | 946 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 612 | 1:17,045 | 1,690 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 521 | 1:57,969 | 3,228 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 362 | 1:16,625 | 1,376 |
| Finland | 100% | 361 | 1:15,189 | 972 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 358 | 1:13,318 | 1,110 |
| Tanzania | 96% | 335 | 1:157,577 | 7,291 |
| Portugal | - | 332 | 1:31,358 | 1,279 |
| Ecuador | - | 263 | 1:67,403 | 2,034 |
| Cape Verde | - | 221 | 1:2,394 | 395 |
| Germany | 100% | 177 | 1:546,203 | 5,541 |
| Namibia | - | 141 | 1:17,051 | 1,642 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 108 | 1:76,051 | 2,724 |
| Uganda | 95% | 99 | 1:413,706 | 10,422 |
| Paraguay | 92% | 83 | 1:87,190 | 2,376 |
| India | 100% | 79 | 1:15,378,202 | 397,997 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 61 | 1:56,191 | 1,922 |
| Belize | 100% | 53 | 1:6,685 | 1,196 |
| Sweden | 100% | 52 | 1:189,575 | 6,703 |
| Qatar | 75% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Canada | 100% | 42 | 1:788,890 | 17,380 |
| France | 50% | 37 | 1:1,796,496 | 10,992 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| England | 100% | 36 | 1:1,544,526 | 21,746 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 30 | 1:720,350 | 20,904 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 29 | 1:6,621 | 955 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 27 | 1:131,493 | 2,148 |
| Thailand | 100% | 26 | 1:2,694,839 | 66,052 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 22 | 1:768,276 | 15,209 |
| Austria | 100% | 12 | 1:709,517 | 5,762 |
| Bolivia | - | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 10 | 1:3,044,994 | 79,253 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Australia | - | 9 | 1:1,517,514 | 15,297 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Singapore | 100% | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
The alternate forms: Jeremías (118), Jeremiás (20), Jeremiaš (3), Jéremias (1) & Jérémias (1) are calculated separately.
Jeremias (39,611) may also be a surname.
Jeremias 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.
A French and English variant, now very unusual, of Jeremiah, q. v.
Meaning: Greek form of Jeremiah.
A Greek name, meaning: Form of Jeremiah.
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