Given name
Jeremai
“high”·“he will be exalted of the Lord”
Jeremai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewירמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jeremai is thought to mean “high” or “he will be exalted of the Lord.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Jeremai is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
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How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew verb rum (רום), “to be high, and possibly.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jeremai appears in Ezra 10:33.
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Jeremai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 50 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 9 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2013.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeremai’s family of names
See also 34
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Jeremiahshares a root
- Romeshares a root
- Abramshares a root
- Armonishares a root
- Hiramshares a root
- Aramshares a root
- Ramshares a root
- Ramahshares a root
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- Amramshares a root
- Joramshares a root
- Adoniramshares a root
- Jorimshares a root
- Abiramshares a root
- Arnishares a root
- Remmonshares a root
- Tabrimmonshares a root
- Rumahshares a root
- Romamti-ezershares a root
- Rimmonshares a root
- Reumahshares a root
- Rephanshares a root
- Ramothshares a root
- Meromshares a root
- Meremothshares a root
- Malchiramshares a root
- Jerimothshares a root
- Jehoramshares a root
- Jarmuthshares a root
- Huram-abishares a root
- Hadoramshares a root
- Gath-rimmonshares a root
- Armageddonshares a root
- Arimatheashares a root
- Ahiramshares a root
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