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What does Jeremiah mean?
Jeremiah 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced jare-ah-MYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jeremiah is "the Lord exalts". Biblical: one of the major prophets, a scholar. Besides writing the Book of Jeremiah and Lamentations, Jeremiah compiled and wrote the histories of I and II Kings.
ASSOCIATED WITH biblical, prophets, scholar (philosopher), book (literary), kings
Variations
VARIANTS Dermot, Dermott, Diarmid, Geremia, Jem, Jemmie, Jereme, Jeremia, Jeremias▲, Jeremija, Jeremiya, Jeremy▼, Jermyn, Jerry▼, Yeremia, Yeremiya, Yeremiyah
SEE ALSO Hieremias
FEMININE FORM Jeremia
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jeremiah Trystan (J.T.), ..
How popular is Jeremiah?
Jeremiah is a very prominent first name for males (#311 out of 1220, Top 25%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#19968 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jeremiah reached its peak rank of #51 in the U.S. in 2011, and is currently at #65. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Jeremiah (#65 IN RECENT RANKINGS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Jeremy (#204), Jerry (#601), Jeremias (#887) and Jereme. These forms of Jeremiah reached the height of their popularity 5 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.3%) and are now much less common (ADOPTION 0.5%, ▼64%), with forms like Jeremy becoming somewhat dated. Jeremiah is the firm favorite, although Jeremias seems to be getting popular too.
Similar Names
Jeremiah▲ is pronounced similarly to Jeramie and Jeremie. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Hezekiah▲, Jedadiah, Jedaiah, Jedediah, Jediah, Jedidiah▲, Jerah, Jeramee (see Jeremy), Jeramey, Jeramy, Jeran, Jeren, Jereth, Jeriah, Jerman, Jermin, Jerome▼, Jeromo, Jeromy▼, Jerrah, Jerrin, Jesiah▲, Jorian, Jurian, Meredith, Nechemiah (see Nehemiah), Nehemiah▲, Zebediah, Zedekiah and Zekeriah. These names tend to be less frequently used than Jeremiah.
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