Find out how popular the first name Yeremi has been for the last 18 years (from 2007 to 2024) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Yeremi by gender

Based on the last 18 years of data, Yeremi is exclusively a male name.

For the most recent data in 2024, there were 8 male babies and 0 female babies born with the name Yeremi.

The history of the first name Yeremi

The name Yeremi is a variant of the Hebrew name Jeremiah, which is derived from the elements yerem (elevated) and yah (a shortened form of Yahweh, the name of the Judeo-Christian God). The name Jeremiah is found in the Old Testament and means "Yahweh has uplifted" or "appointed by Yahweh."

The name Jeremiah has been in use since ancient times and is associated with the biblical prophet Jeremiah, who lived in the 7th century BCE in the Kingdom of Judah. He is revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a major prophet whose teachings and lamentations are recorded in the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Yeremi is from the 4th century CE, when a Christian bishop named Yeremi was mentioned in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea, a Roman historian and Christian polemicist. Another early example is Yeremi of Thessalonica, a 9th-century Byzantine cleric and hagiographer.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Yeremi or its variants. One of the most famous was Yeremi Trismegistus, also known as Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure from ancient Egyptian-Greek mythology who was regarded as the founder of occult knowledge and alchemy.

In the Middle Ages, Yeremi of Avranches was a 12th-century French poet and writer, known for his Latin poems and works on grammar and rhetoric. Another notable figure was Yeremi of Montpellier, a 13th-century French mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the development of trigonometry.

During the Renaissance, Yeremi Cardano (1501-1576) was an Italian polymath, mathematician, physician, and gambler, who contributed to the development of algebra and probability theory. In the 16th century, Yeremi Fracastoro (1478-1553) was an Italian scholar, poet, and physician who is considered one of the founders of modern pathology and epidemiology.

More recently, Yeremi Kuhnieff (1888-1942) was a Russian-born French painter and illustrator, known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, and Yeremi Kaye (1900-1962) was an American actor and singer who appeared in numerous films and Broadway productions in the 1930s and 1940s.

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