Jeremy

Meaning of Jeremy

Jeremy, nomen est omen: in this gentle yet resonant appellation one hears the distant cadence of the Hebrew יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmeyāhū), “Yahweh will uplift,” carried across centuries by the Vulgate’s Ieremias and settling, like soft sunlight on Roman tiles, into the English Jeremy—pronounced JER-uh-mee in the Anglophone ear and zhair-MEE upon French lips. From the fiery prophet Jeremiah, whose lamentations still echo through ecclesiastical Latin chant, to the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham and the silver-screen gravitas of Jeremy Irons, the name has served as both lamp and mirror: illuminating intellect while reflecting steadfastness of spirit. In the United States it traced an almost classical parabola of popularity, ascending meteora-like from obscurity in the 1960s to a zenith at Rank 18 in 1980, then gliding in dignified decrescendo to today’s mid-200s—proof that enduring elegance need not depend on numerical dominion. Woven through biblical parchment, Enlightenment lecture halls, and modern lullabies alike, Jeremy offers parents a name at once scholarly and tender, a verbal reliquary in which ancient faith, humanist reason, and quiet affection are harmoniously enshrined.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as JER-uh-mee (/ˈdʒɛr.ə.mi/)

French

• Pronunced as zhair-MEE (/ʒɛr.mi/)

• Jeremiah
• Jerome
• Jared
• Jermaine
• Jareth
• Jenson