Jermain

Where Jermain comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jermain.

Jermain through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #2,621 among boys with 13 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Peak, #817
    94 babies named Jermain, its best rank.
  3. 1978
    Jermain Taylor born
    boxer
  4. 1982
    Jermain Defoe born
    English association football player
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,760.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Germain.
Namesakes
  • Jermain Defoe · English association football player, born 1982
  • Jermain Taylor · boxer, born 1978
  • Jermain Mackey · Bahamian boxer, born 1979
  • Jermain Nischalke · German-Angolan footballer, born 2003

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.