Given name

Gemariah

“Yah has completed”

Gemariah is used as a given name.

Original Hebrewגמריה

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a biblical name, Gemariah means “Yah has completed.”

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Where it comes from

Gemariah is a biblical name from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From the Hebrew verb gamar (גמר), “to complete or bring to an end.”

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In the Bible

In the Bible, the name Gemariah appears in Jeremiah 29:3.

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See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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