Jeremy
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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
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- Dutch
- ● 1571 Jeremias AuFr Asse;
1575 Jeremias ibid. Cleven;
1576 Jeremias ibid. Dortyn;
1582 Jeremias ibid. Buren;
1588 Jeremias ibid. Dregge;
1596 Jeremias ibid. Coudron;
1598 Jeremias ibid. Elst
- Early Modern English
- ● 1564 Jarame WAmar-1 p. 76;
1599 Jeramye BUmar-vol2 p. 118
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1135 Jeremias (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1147 Jeremia (abl) ibid. 14,
Jheremia (abl) ibid. 14;
1163–64 Jheremias (nom) ibid. 106;
1164 Jheremias (nom) ibid. 120
- Middle French
- ● 1562 Jeremie RegPCC-1 p. 8,
Jérémie ibid. p. 11;
1563 Jérémye ibid. p. 34;
1564 Jérémye ibid. p. 86;
1566 Jhérémie ibid. p. 252,
Jérémie ibid. p. 218;
1568 Jérémie ibid. p. 394;
1571 Jérémye ibid. p. 443
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1173 Jheremias (nom) quix-vol1 81;
1212 Geremus (nom) ibid. 103
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Jeremias Nurn1497 2054
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1195 Geremia (nom) ChStBo1 II;
1236 Geremie (abl) TirNot1 9;
1285 Ieremie (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1574 Jeremijas NHG-Middelburg p. 69;
1577 Jeremijas ibid. p. 69
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Jeremy". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Jeremy.