Given name · also English
Yeremiya
“Yahweh exalt”
Yeremiya is a masculine given name from English, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Chichewa and Tumbuka.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yeremiya goes back to Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá), meaning “Yahweh exalt.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Yeremiya comes from English, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Chichewa usage, Yeremiya developed from Jeremias.
Yeremiya’s family of names
In Chichewa usage, Yeremiya developed from the Latin form Jeremias. In Tumbuka usage, Yeremiya has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jeremiah. In Chichewa usage, Yeremiya was borrowed from the English form Jeremiah.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Yeremiya has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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