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Jeremias

The Lord will exalt

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Gender context
Boy
Origin
Latin / Hebrew / Greek
Letters
8
Words
1
Written divisions
4
First letter
J

The cited sources document male usage. Source ↗

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Jeremias mean?

Jeremias is a Latin-transmitted form of the Hebrew Jeremiah name family. The English dictionary traces its route through Greek and supplies the exaltation interpretation. The linked name reference corroborates the Hebrew divine-name component and the root for exalting.

Jeremias and Jeremiah therefore share a history, while the final letters reflect different transmission. This exact spelling remains distinct from accented Spanish Jeremías.

References for this explanation

  1. Wiktionary contributors — Jeremias (English) ↗
  2. Wiktionary contributors — Jeremías (Spanish) ↗
  3. Behind the Name — jeremiah ↗

Accounts for related spellings

Jeremías

The Lord will exalt; Spanish form

Jeremías is the Spanish form in the Jeremiah family. The dictionary records learned transmission through Latin and Greek from Hebrew, while the linked root account explains the Lord-will-exalt interpretation. The accent is part of the Spanish spelling, distinguishing it from unaccented Jeremias in exact records. A shared biblical source does not mean the forms must be merged. Jeremías preserves a particular language history.

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  1. Wiktionary contributors — Jeremías (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
  2. Behind the Name — jeremiah (opens in a new tab)

Pronunciation & syllables

Synthetic voice reading

English

  • /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪəs/
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Spanish

  • /xeɾeˈmias/
  • [xe.ɾeˈmi.as]

Je · re · mí · as4 written divisions

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Origin and name formation

The cited sources trace Jeremias through Latin / Hebrew / Greek.

Wiktionary records Jeremias as a personal name in English, Spanish.

People with the name Jeremias

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Recorded use

OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
7 elected-candidate records · ODbL 1.0
Wikidata
2 person records linked to these name forms · Q659150, Q5929318 · CC0

These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.

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  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
  3. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
  4. Wikidata given-name item Q659150 — Jeremias (opens in a new tab)
  5. Wikidata — Jeremias Cortez (opens in a new tab)
  6. Wiktionary contributors — Jeremias (English) (opens in a new tab)
  7. Behind the Name — jeremiah (opens in a new tab)
  8. Wikidata given-name item Q5929318 — Jeremías (opens in a new tab)
  9. Wikidata — Jerry Elizalde Navarro (opens in a new tab)
  10. Wiktionary contributors — Jeremías (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)

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