Jermaine

Where Jermaine comes from

Rare variant of Germain.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jermaine
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Jermaine through the years
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Jermaine Jackson born
    American musician
  3. 1969
    Around this time: Jermaine Jackson in the Jackson 5
    Person, 1969 · Source
  4. 1970
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 1973
    Peak, #127
    2,038 babies named Jermaine, the most in any year.
  6. 1983
    Jermaine Pennant born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Jermaine Jackson · American musician, born 1954
  • Jermaine Pennant · English association football player, born 1983
  • Jermaine Jenas · English footballer, born 1983
  • Jermaine Jones · German-American soccer player, born 1981
  • Jermaine O'Neal · American basketball player, born 1978

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.