Jeremiah

Hebrew

"appointed by God"

Jeremiah Origin and Meaning

The name Jeremiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "appointed by God".

Jeremiah is a solid Old Testament prophet name that has gradually taken the place of the now dated Jeremy, Gerard and Gerald, joining other currently popular biblical 'iah' names like Josiah and Isaiah. In the Bible Jeremiah is a famous prophet whose story is recorded in the book named after him.

Dickens used the name in two of his novels--Little Dorrit and A Tale of Two Cities-- and other fictional Jeremiahs have been spotted in such movies and TV shows as Oz, Zoey101 and The Princess Diaries. Leonard Bernstein composed a work called Jeremiah Symphony.

Caveats: Once-logical nickname Jerry sounds like the family dentist, and some may make the Jeremiah bullfrog association.

A related, more unusual biblical option: Jeriah.

Jeremiah Rank in US Top 1000

# 92 in the US

Jeremiah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 461 on Nameberry

Jeremiah Popularity

• 92 US 2023
• 461 Nameberry 2024
• 342 Future 2028
• 322 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Jeremiah

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jeremiah.

• Isaiah
• Josiah
• Ezekiel
• Jeremy
• Joshua
• Jonathan
• Elijah
• Zachariah
• Joel
• Nehemiah
• Isaac
• Malachi
• Judah
• Emmanuel
• Tobiah
• Nathaniel
• Jericho
• Joseph
• Micah
• Jonah

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

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