Jeremiah (given name)
{{Infobox given name
|gender = Male
|meaning = "Yahweh loosens"
|origin = Ancient Hebrew
|nickname = Jem, Jemmy, Jer, Jez, Jezza, Jerry, Jare, Jere, Jerimald, Jeremy, Jeremia, Darby
|image=JeremiahDentonSenate (cropped).jpg|caption=Jeremiah Denton, American politician and United States Navy two-star admiral}}
Jeremiah ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|ɛr|ə|ˈ|m|aɪ|.|ə}} {{respell|JERR|ə|MY|ə}}) is a male given name meaning "{{smallcaps|Yahweh}} loosens",{{cite web | url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3414.htm | title=Strong's Hebrew: 3414. יִרְמְיָה (Yirmeyah or Yirmeyahu) -- "Yah loosens," the name of a number of Isr }} or "{{smallcaps|Yahweh}} will raise",{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} or "God is high",{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} and having its origin in ancient Hebrew. Jeremias is a form that it takes in some Romance languages. Jeremiah is sometimes an anglicised form of the Irish Diarmaid, while "Jeremy" is the anglicized of "Jeremiah" in the English language.
The name takes its popularity from the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah.
Those bearing the name include:
Politicians
- Jeremiah S. Bacon (1858-1939), American politician
- Jeremiah Beveridge (1862–1927), American historian and politician
- Jeremiah S. Black (1810–1883), American judge and politician
- Jeremiah Gates Brainard (c. 1759–1830), Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
- Jeremiah Brown (politician) (1785–1858), American politician
- Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), American novelist and politician
- Jeremiah Jones Colbath (1812–1875), American politician
- Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), US Senator and naval officer
- Jeremiah Koung (born 1978), Liberian politician
- Jeremiah T. Mahoney (1878–1970), American judge
- Jeremiah Manele (born 1968), Solomon Islands politician
- Jeremiah Mason (1768–1848), American politician
- Jeremiah Morrow (1771–1852), American politician
- Jeremiah Nelson (1769–1838), American politician
- Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine politician) (1778–1858), American politician
- Jeremiah O'Donovan "Rossa" (1831–1915), Fenian conspirator
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830–1893), American politician
- Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743–1804), American merchant and politician
In religion
;Historic
- Jeremiah (c. 655-586 BCE), Jewish religious leader
- Jeremiah (I), a first-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel
- Jeremiah bar Abba (fl. 3rd century), a second-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel
- Jeremiah (II), a third-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel
- Jeremiah (III), a fourth-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel
- Jeremiah (Bulgarian priest), a 10th-century priest
- Patriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople (fl. early 16th century, died 1546), Balkan-born religious leader
- Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople (c. 1530–1595), Greek religious leader
- Patriarch Jeremias III of Constantinople (1650s-1735), Greek religious leader
;Contemporary
- Jeremiah Evarts (1781–1831), American missionary
- Jeremiah Wright (born 1941), American pastor
Musicians
- Jeremiah Birnbaum (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
- Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707), English composer
- Jeremiah Green (1977–2022), American musician
In sports
- Jeremiah Baisako (born 1980), Namibian football player
- Jeremiah Boswell (born 1982), American basketball coach
- Jeremiah Castille (born 1961), American football player
- Jeremiah Cooper (born 2004), American football player
- Jeremiah Fears (born 2006), American basketball player
- Jeremiah Hall (born 1998), American football player
- Jeremiah Hunter (born 2002), American football player
- Jeremiah Jackson (born 2000), American baseball player
- Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (born 2001), American football player
- Jeremiah Kelly (1900–1962), Scottish footballer
- Jeremiah Kolone (born 1994), Samoan-American football player
- Jeremiah Kose (born 1993), American football player
- Jeremiah Ledbetter (born 1994), American football player
- Jeremiah Martin (born 1996), American basketball player
- Jeremiah Martin (American football) (born 1999), American football player
- Jeremiah Masoli (born 1988), American football player
- Jeremiah Massey (born 1982), American basketball player
- Jeremiah Moon (born 1998), American football player
- Jeremiah Mordi (born 1993), Nigerian basketball player
- Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (born 1999), American football player
- Jeremiah Poutasi (born 1994), American football player
- Jeremiah Robinson (fl. c. 1930), Irish football player
- Jeremiah Sirles (born 1991), American football player
- Jeremiah Trotter (born 1977), American football player
- Jeremiah Trotter Jr. (born 2002), American football player
Others
- Jeremiah Boyle (1818–1871), American general
- Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906), American translator
- Jeremiah Day (1773–1867), American academic
- Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779), English surveyor
- Jeremiah Horrocks (1618–1641), English astronomer
- Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818), American naval captain
- Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937–2025), American astrophysicist
- Jeremiah Smith (lawyer) (1759–1842), American jurist and state governor
- Jeremiah Smith (Royal Navy officer) (died 1675), English naval officer
- Jeremiah Tower (born 1942), American chef
Fictional entities
- Jeremiah Springfield, in The Simpsons
- Jeremiah Arkham, in the Batman franchise
- Jeremiah Cloutier, in the American television series Oz
- Jeremiah Collins, in the American television series Dark Shadows
- Jeremiah Danvers, Kara Danvers/Supergirl's foster father in Supergirl
- Jeremiah Fink, in Bioshock Infinite and its dlc BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea
- Jeremiah Gottwald, in the anime Code Geass
- Jeremiah Johnson, the title character of the 1972 film of the same name
- Jeremiah MacKenzie, a character in Outlander
- Jeremiah Otto, a character in Fear the Walking Dead
- Jeremiah Peabody, a maker of green and purple pills in a song
- Jeremiah Smith, in the television series The X-Files
- Jeremiah Surd, in the television series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- Jeremiah Whitewhale, in the television series BoJack Horseman
- King Jeremiah, is a character in the video game Dark Souls (video game)
- Jeremiah, the Filipino dub name of Genkai (see list of YuYu Hakusho characters), in YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)
See also
- Yeremey, Russian-language counterpart
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