Jeremiah

Jeremias ( יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirməyāhū , Jirmejahu) is a male given name and also occurs as a family name.

Origin and meaning

Jeremias is the Latin spelling of the Hebrew Jeremiah , among other things the name of one of the prophets of the Old Testament .

The name originally means: the God (Hebrew - jah ) exalted. Today this form of name is used in many countries with a Judeo-Christian tradition both as a first and last name.

variants

English: Jerry , Jeremy , Jeremiah
Irish: Dermot , Diarmaid
Italian: Geremia
Finnish: Jorma , Jarmo (short forms)
French: Jérémy , Jérémie
Russian: Еремей
Ukrainian: Веремій
Eritrea, Ethiopia: Ermias (ኤርምያስ)

name day

February 16 , May 1 , June 7

Well-known namesake

First name

Jeremias II (1530–1595), Patriarch of Constantinople
Jeremiasz Anchimiuk (1943–2017), Polish clergyman, Archbishop of the Polish Orthodox Church
Jeremias Bunsen (1688–1752), court painter, mint master and mayor
Jeremias Christensen (1859–1908), German-Danish sculptor and medalist
Jeremias Drexel SJ (1581–1638), writer of edification
Jeremias Nicolaus Eyring (1739–1803), German rector and university professor
Jeremias Falck (* around 1620; † 1664), copperplate engraver and engraver
Jeremias Gotthelf (1797-1854), Swiss writer ( pseudonym of Albert Bitzius )
Jeremias Homberger (1529–1595), German Lutheran theologian
Jeremias Koschorz (* 1987), German actor and voice actor
Jeremias L'Orsa (1757–1837), Swiss Reformed pastor and educator
Jeremias Mayer (1735–1789), English painter of German origin
Jeremias Papke (1672–1755), German mathematician and Protestant theologian
Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762–1807), German chemist, mining expert and private scholar
Jeremias Rebstock (1602–1660), Protestant theologian, scholar, abbot in Blaubeuren monastery
Jeremias Sutel (* around 1587; † 1631), German sculptor
Jeremias Van Vliet (1602–1663), businessman and director of a branch of the Dutch East India Company
Jeremias Wigger (* 1965), Swiss cross-country skier

family name

Alfred Jeremias (1864–1935), German religious historian and Assyriologist
Friedrich Jeremias (1868–1945), German Protestant theologian
Gert Jeremias (1936–2016), German Protestant theologian and university professor
Joachim Jeremias (1900–1979), German Lutheran theologian and orientalist
Jörg Jeremias (* 1939), German Protestant theologian and university professor
Tilman Jeremias (* 1966), German Evangelical Lutheran bishop