Meaning of the nameGeremias
- Male
- Ge-re-mi-as
Geremias is a masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links, as a spelling variant, to Jeremias, the name of the biblical prophet.
Meaning
The meaning of Geremias is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 9,514
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,786
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 11,114
- people
Geremias in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Geremias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,811 people).
58 women 9,456 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Geremias is most common
States with the highest share of people named Geremias in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.013%
- Pará 0.010%
- Amazonas 0.008%
- Espírito Santo 0.008%
- Mato Grosso 0.007%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,510 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 989 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 807 | 0.010% |
| Bahia | 660 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 652 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 626 | 0.006% |
| Paraná | 579 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 421 | 0.005% |
| Maranhão | 391 | 0.006% |
| Santa Catarina | 324 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 323 | 0.008% |
| Espírito Santo | 300 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 282 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 242 | 0.007% |
| Rondônia | 211 | 0.013% |
| Ceará | 199 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 157 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 129 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 117 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 98 | 0.007% |
| Amapá | 91 | 0.012% |
| Acre | 83 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 82 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 81 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 66 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 61 | 0.010% |
| Sergipe | 33 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Geremias
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Geremias with Jeremias as a spelling variant. According to Wiktionary, Jeremias, in Portuguese, is the name of the prophet and of the book of the Old Testament, and comes from Latin Jēremīas, from Greek Ieremías and from Biblical Hebrew yirm'yá. The origin of the spelling with G is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,514 people named Geremias, with a median age of 38. The name is almost always male and is proportionally most common in Rondônia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Geremias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Jeremias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Geremias
What does the name Geremias mean?
The meaning of Geremias is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Geremias in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,514 people with the first name Geremias, which ranks it number 1,786 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Geremias a boy's or a girl's name?
Geremias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 58 women and 9,456 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Geremias most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.013% of the state's population is named Geremias (211 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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