Jeremy

Where Jeremy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jeremy.

  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Jeremy through the years
  1. 1749
    Jeremy Bentham born
    British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer
  2. 1923
    First appearance
    #3,467 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1948
    Jeremy Irons born
    British actor
  4. 1976
    Peak, #14
    20,126 babies named Jeremy, its best rank.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #47.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
Namesakes
  • Jeremy Bentham · British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer, 1749–1832
  • Jeremy Irons · British actor, born 1948
  • Jeremy Corbyn · British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020, born 1949
  • Jeremy Clarkson · British broadcaster, journalist and writer, born 1960
  • Jeremy Zucker · American singer-songwriter, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.