Meaning of the nameJeremias

Jeremias is a male name of Hebrew origin, the name of the biblical prophet, which Behind the Name explains as 'Yahweh will exalt'.

Meaning

“Yahweh will exalt (from Hebrew Yirmeyahu)”

Source: Behind the Name: Jeremiah

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People (2022): 18,607
Rank in Brazil: #1,116
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 16,368; people

Jeremias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jeremias, 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 (3,378 people).

93 women 18,514 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 Jeremias is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jeremias in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Roraima 0.040%
Amapá 0.026%
Amazonas 0.025%
Pará 0.022%
Acre 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,795	0.006%
Bahia	1,954	0.014%
Pará	1,806	0.022%
Minas Gerais	1,696	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	1,220	0.008%
Maranhão	1,039	0.015%
Amazonas	996	0.025%
Pernambuco	979	0.011%
Paraná	720	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	688	0.006%
Espírito Santo	568	0.015%
Goiás	491	0.007%
Santa Catarina	463	0.006%
Ceará	455	0.005%
Mato Grosso	338	0.009%
Piauí	289	0.009%
Roraima	257	0.040%
Mato Grosso do Sul	243	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	242	0.007%
Paraíba	230	0.006%
Rondônia	223	0.014%
Distrito Federal	203	0.007%
Amapá	187	0.026%
Alagoas	168	0.005%
Tocantins	143	0.010%
Acre	132	0.016%
Sergipe	82	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jeremias

Wiktionary derives Jeremias, by learned transmission, from Latin Jēremīas, Greek Ieremías and Biblical Hebrew yirm'yá, and records it as the name of the prophet and of the book of the Old Testament. Behind the Name links Hebrew Yirmeyahu to the root rum, 'to exalt', and to yah, a reference to the Hebrew God, and reads the name as 'Yahweh will exalt'. The name is almost always male and appears in every generation recorded. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,607 people named Jeremias, with a median age of 33; proportionally, it is most common in Roraima.

Sources

Wiktionary: Jeremias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Jeremiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Jeremias · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Jeremias

What does the name Jeremias mean?

Jeremias means “Yahweh will exalt (from Hebrew Yirmeyahu)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jeremias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,607 people with the first name Jeremias, which ranks it number 1,116 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Jeremias a boy's or a girl's name?

Jeremias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 93 women and 18,514 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jeremias?

Jeremias is a name of Hebrew, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jeremias most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.040% of the state's population is named Jeremias (257 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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