Given name
Geremias
“one who is exalted by the Lord”
Geremias is a variant of Geremia. In Italian use, Geremia carries the interpretation “one who is exalted by the Lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geremias is a variant of Geremia. In Italian use, Geremia carries the interpretation “one who is exalted by the Lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Geremias connects to the Jeremiah name family through Geremia. An origin associated with Jeremiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Geremias connects to the Jeremiah name family through Geremia. The history of Jeremiah gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Jeremiah is the name of the Hebrew prophet of the 7th-6th centuries BC.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Geremias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 489 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Geremias’s family of names
Geremias has a related form in Geremia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Geremias
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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