Yeremiah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God uplifts; a form of Jeremiah.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Yeremiah by the numbers
Yeremiah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jeremiah
Like Yeremiah, 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 Yeremiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- YeremiGod exalts; form of Jeremiah5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Yeremiah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Yeremiah
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