Given name
Jeremia
“the Lord is exalted”·“appointed by God”·“one who is exalted by the Lord”
Jeremia is a feminine form of Jeremiah. Interpretations include “appointed by God” (Hebrew) and “one who is exalted by the Lord” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewירמיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Jeremia carries the interpretation “the Lord is exalted.” Jeremia is a feminine form of Jeremiah. Interpretations include “appointed by God” (Hebrew) and “one who is exalted by the Lord” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Jeremia is used as a feminine counterpart of Jeremiah.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jeremia is a feminine form of Jeremiah. 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.
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Jeremia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 723
- 713 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,137 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,137 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,064 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.
Jeremia’s family of names
Jeremia is a feminine form of Jeremiah. Jeremia has a related form in Jeremie. Jeremia has a related form in Jeremiah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jeremia has relatives in 48 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Jeremia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jeremiahvariant · Scots, Manx
- Jeremiasvariant · Norwegian, German
- Jeremievariant
- Jeremiyavariant
- Jeremeevariant
- Jereevariant
- Jerimiavariant
- Jerimeavariant
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Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ירמיהHebrew
- GeremiaItalian
- Jarmoequivalent
- JérémieFrench
- Jeremíaswar, Spanish
- JeremeiaWelsh
- JeremiásHungarian
- JeremjášCzech
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- YeremiaSwahili
- JeremijaSlovene, Latvian
- JeremiášSlovak
- IeremiahScottish Gaelic
- ИеремияRussian
- IeremiaRomanian, Hawaiian
- JeremiaszPolish
- ЕремијаMacedonian
- HeremaiaMāori
- ĠeremijaMaltese
- IeremiasLatin, io
- GhjeremiaCorsican
- JeremiesCatalan
- エレミヤJapanese
- JeremíaIcelandic
- IrimiaIrish
- ΙερεμίαςGreek
- იერემიაGeorgian
- XeremíasGalician, Asturian
- 耶利米Chinese
- YirmiaBreton
- ԵրեմիաArmenian
- CheremíasAragonese
- إرمياArabic
- ἹερεμίαςAncient Greek
- ἸερεμίαςAncient Greek
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