Given name · also Latin
Jeremías
“Yahweh exalt”
Jeremías is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Spanish.
Original LatinJeremias
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeremías goes back to Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá), meaning “Yahweh exalt.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jeremías comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Jeremías developed from Ἰερεμίας.
Jeremías’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Jeremías developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰερεμίας. In Spanish usage, Jeremías has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jeremiah. In Spanish usage, Jeremías was borrowed from the Latin form Jeremias.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jeremías has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jeremiassource · Latin
- JeremiahEnglish
- Jeremyequivalent
- JeremiaGerman
- Jormaequivalent
- Geremiaequivalent
- Jeremiaszequivalent
- JérémieFrench
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People named Jeremías
- Conan LedesmaArgentinian association football playerborn 1993
- Jeremías CaggianoArgentine footballerborn 1983
- Jeremias FerensBrazilian orthodox archbishopborn 1962
- Jeremías Pérez TicaArgentine footballer (born 2003)
- Jeremías BogadoParaguayan association football playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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