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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Jeremy m. Hebrew יִרְמְיָה 'God exalts'.

The name of a Biblical prophet. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Jeremy, Jeremye.

The name was sometimes used as an anglicization of Gaelic Diarmaid (cf. Dermot), and is also sometimes confused with Jerome.

England
Early Modern English
1599 Jeramye BUmar-vol2 p. 118
France
Latin
1135 Jeremias (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1163–64 Jheremias (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Jheremias (nom) ibid. 120
Germany
Latin
1173 Jheremias (nom) quix-vol1 81; 1212 Geremus (nom) ibid. 103
Early New High German
1497 Jeremias Nurn1497 2054
Italy
Latin
1285 Ieremie (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Jeremy". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Jeremy.