Given name
Jerimia
“the Lord is exalted”
Jerimia is a variant of Jeremia. In Hebrew use, Jeremia carries the interpretation “the Lord is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jerimia is a variant of Jeremia. In Hebrew use, Jeremia carries the interpretation “the Lord is exalted.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerimia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 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 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 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.
Jerimia’s family of names
Jerimia has a related form in Jeremia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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