Ermias
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God is my exaltation; a form of Jeremiah.
Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2133
11 babies
How Ermias has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2019 | #540 |
| 2020 | #647 |
| 2021 | #813 |
| 2022 | #893 |
| 2023 | #931 |
| 2024 | #987 |
Ermias by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Ermias.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jeremiah
Like Ermias, each of these traces back to Jeremiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jeremiahyahweh will raise up; god exalts5,821 in the US (2017)
- Jeremiasgod will exalt; form of Jeremiah209 in the US (2017)
- Jeriahgod exalts; variant of Jeremiah27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jeremihvariant spelling of Jeremy or Jeremiah86 in the US (2017)
- Jeramiaha form of Jeremiah; God will exalt64 in the US (2017)
- Jariahgod will see; a variant of Jeremiah61 in the US (2017)
- Jermiahgod will exalt; variant spelling of Jeremiah45 in the US (2017)
- Jeremyahgod will exalt; a spelling of Jeremiah35 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ermias. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliasthe Lord is my God4,894 in the US (2017)
- Elliasmy god is yahweh; variant of Elias14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Esaiasgod is salvation; form of Isaiah5 in England and Wales (2025)
- EsiasGod is salvation; a form of Isaiah6 in the US (2017)
- Emilsrival; eager; a form of Emil or Emilia3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Erian16 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Ermias, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ermias
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