Jeremiah (given name)
Jeremiah Gender Male Word/name Ancient Hebrew Meaning "Yahweh loosens" Nickname(s) Jem , Jemmy , Jer , Jez , Jezza, Jerry , Jare , Jere , Jerimald, Jeremy , Jeremia
Jeremiah ( JERR -im-EYE -ə ) is a male given name meaning "Yahweh loosens",[ 1] or "Yahweh will raise",[citation needed ] or "God is high",[citation needed ] 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
Musicians
In sports
Jeremiah Baisako (born 1980), Namibian football player
Jeremiah Castille (born 1961), American football player
Jeremiah Cooper (born 2004), American football player
Jeremiah Hall (born 1998), American football player
Jeremiah Kelly (1900–1962), Scottish footballer
Jeremiah Kolone (born 1994), Samoan-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
Fictional entities
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
See also
Yeremey , Russian-language counterpart
References