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 editorial base account 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 rather than a new meaning. This exact spelling remains distinct from accented Spanish Jeremías.
The religious phrase explains formation without assuming every bearer’s family chose it for the biblical prophet.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Latin / Hebrew
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Borrowed from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”). Doublet of Jeremiah. New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
A male given name from Hebrew, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.
Wiktionary: Jeremias (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Jeremias
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jeremias Cortez
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
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Names in this collection
- Jeremías♂The Lord will exalt; Spanish form
- Jeremiah♂Yahweh will exalt, in the usual Hebrew analysis
- Nehemías♂Yahweh comforts
- Jeremy♂English form of Jeremiah
- Carias♂Short form of Zacarias; the Lord remembers
- Elias♂My God is Yahweh
- Elías♂Spanish form of Elias; my God is Yahweh
- Jechonias·Greek biblical Jeconiah form: Yahweh will establish
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 7 elected-candidate records ·
JEREMIAS
· CSV row 3,876 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 1 person records with this given name · Q659150 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q659150 — Jeremias (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Jeremias Cortez (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Jeremias (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — jeremiah (opens in a new tab)