Jeremy Forename
1,626th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 608,298 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Jeremy 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.
Read More About This ForenameJeremy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 387,050 | 1:937 | 197 |
| England | 100% | 49,821 | 1:1,116 | 233 |
| France | 100% | 33,709 | 1:1,972 | 272 |
| Canada | 100% | 22,452 | 1:1,476 | 331 |
| Australia | - | 17,517 | 1:780 | 178 |
| Philippines | 87% | 15,904 | 1:6,666 | 1,040 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,970 | 1:6,079 | 1,140 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,467 | 1:701 | 163 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,430 | 1:10,453 | 1,310 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,791 | 1:5,486 | 923 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,312 | 1:21,155 | 2,881 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,075 | 1:3,737 | 653 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,564 | 1:12,017 | 1,694 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,479 | 1:29,781 | 2,197 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,351 | 1:12,952 | 1,411 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,284 | 1:1,355 | 292 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,931 | 1:8,753 | 1,132 |
| Ghana | 50% | 1,910 | 1:14,129 | 1,207 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,489 | 1:3,202 | 484 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,407 | 1:4,468 | 740 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,256 | 1:4,260 | 441 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,164 | 1:39,974 | 1,766 |
| Poland | 97% | 1,131 | 1:33,623 | 1,028 |
| China | - | 1,075 | 1:1,270,750 | 36,924 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 998 | 1:258,481 | 23,424 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 863 | 1:1,578 | 301 |
| Chile | 97% | 814 | 1:21,630 | 1,140 |
| Germany | 100% | 769 | 1:125,719 | 2,407 |
| Ireland | 100% | 723 | 1:6,423 | 567 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 691 | 1:11,886 | 1,079 |
| Uganda | 98% | 588 | 1:69,655 | 3,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 561 | 1:14,532 | 1,454 |
| Japan | - | 555 | 1:230,606 | 7,414 |
| Morocco | - | 546 | 1:62,910 | 2,404 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 525 | 1:19,869 | 1,859 |
| India | 100% | 521 | 1:2,331,820 | 115,637 |
| Israel | 99% | 521 | 1:16,128 | 1,683 |
| Malta | - | 483 | 1:889 | 193 |
| Brazil | 100% | 472 | 1:453,890 | 15,416 |
| Peru | 93% | 466 | 1:68,222 | 2,938 |
| Vanuatu | - | 424 | 1:617 | 151 |
| Haiti | 100% | 417 | 1:25,724 | 2,008 |
| Hong Kong | - | 416 | 1:18,636 | 2,057 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 405 | 1:4,551 | 542 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Malawi | 100% | 360 | 1:47,534 | 3,231 |
| Jamaica | - | 354 | 1:8,145 | 1,014 |
| Mali | 100% | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 321 | 1:57,257 | 3,731 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 321 | 1:94,087 | 4,367 |
| Congo | 100% | 315 | 1:15,902 | 1,776 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Kuwait | - | 285 | 1:13,282 | 1,514 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 278 | 1:972 | 224 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 255 | 1:60,486 | 4,985 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 237 | 1:749,217 | 20,575 |
| Sweden | 99% | 230 | 1:42,860 | 2,357 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 206 | 1:2,820 | 427 |
| Mexico | 86% | 197 | 1:630,175 | 6,357 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 191 | 1:84,337 | 2,064 |
| Qatar | 100% | 184 | 1:12,878 | 2,026 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 182 | 1:348 | 87 |
| Panama | 100% | 180 | 1:21,703 | 2,091 |
| South Korea | - | 178 | 1:31,148 | 2,510 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Jersey | 100% | 162 | 1:617 | 146 |
| Namibia | - | 160 | 1:15,026 | 1,539 |
| Guyana | 100% | 155 | 1:4,924 | 901 |
| Ecuador | - | 154 | 1:115,110 | 2,619 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 151 | 1:143,116 | 6,699 |
| Bahamas | - | 141 | 1:2,832 | 568 |
| French Polynesia | - | 130 | 1:2,138 | 477 |
| Russia | 100% | 121 | 1:1,192,014 | 9,630 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 115 | 1:1,355 | 361 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Norway | 100% | 113 | 1:45,419 | 1,953 |
| Zambia | - | 108 | 1:146,804 | 5,869 |
| Liberia | 95% | 103 | 1:42,836 | 2,387 |
| Italy | 100% | 98 | 1:623,083 | 6,228 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 91 | 1:261,205 | 20,485 |
| Belize | 100% | 90 | 1:3,937 | 843 |
| Grenada | 100% | 90 | 1:1,201 | 240 |
| Denmark | - | 88 | 1:64,199 | 2,230 |
| Guam | - | 84 | 1:1,912 | 417 |
| Barbados | - | 81 | 1:3,578 | 642 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:776 | 148 |
| Benin | 100% | 78 | 1:135,588 | 7,479 |
| Czechia | 100% | 73 | 1:145,975 | 1,362 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 71 | 1:79,262 | 2,912 |
| Austria | 100% | 64 | 1:133,034 | 2,429 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Finland | 100% | 61 | 1:89,888 | 2,264 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 60 | 1:9,401 | 791 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 54 | 1:2,066 | 391 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 53 | 1:435,395 | 17,032 |
| Bermuda | - | 51 | 1:1,271 | 283 |
| Vietnam | - | 51 | 1:1,816,139 | 3,094 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 49 | 1:1,116 | 229 |
| Iraq | - | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Brunei | - | 46 | 1:9,121 | 709 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 46 | 1:155,478 | 10,347 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 45 | 1:4,319,060 | 43,844 |
| Greece | 100% | 43 | 1:254,292 | 4,640 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:801 | 155 |
| Honduras | 100% | 35 | 1:251,928 | 5,264 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Monaco | 100% | 31 | 1:1,241 | 265 |
| Hungary | 100% | 28 | 1:349,706 | 1,484 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Nicaragua | 89% | 26 | 1:231,474 | 5,516 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Colombia | 93% | 25 | 1:1,911,157 | 16,382 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Afghanistan | - | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 18 | 1:48,393 | 2,133 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Guinea | 100% | 17 | 1:697,567 | 3,122 |
| Nauru | 100% | 17 | 1:702 | 85 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 16 | 1:364 | 100 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 16 | 1:3,299,270 | 23,966 |
| Cambodia | - | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Senegal | 100% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 13 | 1:273,100 | 2,915 |
| Argentina | 100% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| El Salvador | - | 11 | 1:576,526 | 4,842 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Ukraine | - | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Kazakhstan | 88% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Serbia | - | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Jéremy (50), Jerémy (5), Jêremy (1), Jérémy (11,114), Jèrèmy (8) & Jérèmy (5) are calculated separately.
Jeremy (3,967) may also be a surname.
Jeremy 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.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
See Jeremiah. It is one of the best of our m. names.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name corrupted from Jeremiah.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Meaning: Greek form of Jeremiah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A English name, meaning: Diminutive of Jeremiah.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jeremy Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 53,869 (2014)
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