Jere
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning appointed by God; a form of Jeremiah.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Jere by the numbers
Its American peak was 137 babies in 1941, making it a 1940s name.
Other names that come from Jeremiah
Like Jere, 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 Jere. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Jere, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Jere
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