Jeremiah

Hebrew

"appointed by God"

Jeremiah Origin and Meaning

Variation of Jem

Jeremiah Rank in US Top 1000

# 93 in the US

Jeremiah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 192 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jeremiah

• 93 US 2024
• 192 Nameberry 2025
• 342 Future 2028
• 350 England 2024

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Famous People Named Jeremiah

• Jeremiah head of the house of his fathers, of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr. 5:24)
• Jeremiah of the tribe of Benjamin, follower of David (1 Chr. 12:4)
• Jeremiah of the tribe of Gad, follower of David (1 Chr. 12:10)
• Jeremiah of the tribe of Gad, another follower of David (1 Chr. 12:13)
• Jeremiah of Libnah grandfather of Judean kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah
• Jeremiah son of Habaziniah, a Rechabite (Jeremiah 35:3)
• Jeremiah sealer of a covenant (Nehemiah 10:2)
• (John) Jeremiah "Liver Eating" Johnson, American frontiersman
• Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828 1904), hymnist
• Jeremiah Morrow American politician; 9th Governor of Ohio
• Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr., U.S. Navy real admiral and Senator from Alabama
• Jeremiah Alvesta Wright American pastor to President Barack Obama
• Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell American actor
• Jeremiah Coghlan British naval officer
• Jeremiah Denis Mathias Ford American linguist
• Jeremiah Trotter American football player
• Jeremiah Taeatafa Masoli American CFL football player
• Jeremiah Goodman American illustrator
• Jeremiah Jordan Rivers American basketball player; son of coach Doc Rivers
• Jeremiah Raber Amish man on reality TV series "Breaking Amish"
• Jeremiah "Jere" Cohan American actor
• Jeremiah Scott "Jair" Willis (b. 1993) second child (1st son) of the family band The Willis Clan
• Jeremiah Robert Duggar (b. 1998) 11th child (6th son) of the reality TV's Duggar family; twin of brother Jedidiah
• Jeremiah Gray (b. 2001) son of NFL player and pastor Derwin Gray
• Jeremiah Wynn (b. 2007) son of NFL player Jarius Wynn
• Jeremiah Angel Solomon (b. 2009) octuplet of Nadya Suleman
• Jeremiah McDonald (b. 2012) son of professional soccer player Jessica McDonald

The name Jeremiah in Pop Culture

• Jeremiah Fisher character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
• Jeremiah Kincaid character from movie "So Dear to My Heart"
• Jeremiah Tortoise character on TV series "Bear in the Big Blue House"
• Jeremiah "Jem" Merlyn character in Daphne du Maurier's "Jamaica Inn"
• Jeremiah Danvers character on TV's "Supergirl"
• Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones character on British TV series "Skins"
• "Jeremiah was a bullfrog " first line of the song "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
• "Jeremiah " TV series and its main character
• Jeremiah "Jeremy" Heere character in "Be More Chill"
• Jeremiah "Miah" Roselind character in the novel "If You Come Softly" by Jacqueline Woodson
• Jeremiah “Jemmy” Alexander Ian Fraser Mackenzie character in the “Outlander” novel and TV series

International Variations of the name Jeremiah

• Yerik Russian
• Jeremie Russian
• Jermija Russian
• Nemet Hungarian
• Hiram Irish
• Jeremias German
• Jérémie French
• Jeremiah Hungarian
• Katone Hungarian
• Irimias Irish
• Geremia Italian
• Jeramy Russian
• Jeramie Russian
• Yeremy Russian
• Jorma Finnish
• Heremias Greek
• Ember Hungarian
• Hieremias Greek
• Jeremia Swedish