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Jeremi

Gender
Boy
Say it
JER-e-mee
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#5,859 for boys

Jeremi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will exalt”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Jeremi mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jeremy; medieval English form of Jeremiah

“God will exalt”

The medieval English form of Jeremiah, used for the prophet in the King James Bible's New Testament.

Meaning borrowed from Jeremy. More on Wiktionary.

Is Jeremi a girl's or a boy's name?

Jeremi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeremi in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jeremi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 11 in 20132021
Jeremi in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20215#3,614
20205#3,502
20191#6,258
20188#2,576
20177#2,875
20166#3,241
201511#2,127
20148#2,593
201311#2,033
20127#2,849
20116#3,038
20108#2,534
20094#3,909
20084#3,836
20074#3,748
20063#4,204
20050–
20043#3,792

How popular is Jeremi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,859among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jeremi, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the boys named Jeremi in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,184 boys in the US were given Jeremi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #296, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.

1969Busiest: 59 in 19792025
Jeremi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
202413#6,464
202312#6,892
202225#4,180
202119#4,932
202011#7,029
201920#4,802
201815#5,766
201718#5,107
201622#4,469
201524#4,177
201421#4,534
201327#3,751
201230#3,527
201139#2,949
201026#3,893
200938#3,044
200833#3,342
200733#3,311
200632#3,304
200534#3,018
200431#3,154
200320#4,109
200223#3,665
200126#3,316
200024#3,417
199915#4,531
199824#3,187
199720#3,450
199622#3,197
199527#2,680
199425#2,842
199336#2,157
199225#2,741
199158#1,496
199038#1,963
198951#1,562
198830#2,085
198749#1,465
198645#1,492
198538#1,643
198437#1,605
198333#1,710
198241#1,513
198145#1,411
198051#1,313
197959#1,177
197852#1,240
197747#1,312
197635#1,540
197533#1,558
197431#1,582
197326#1,736
197218#2,158
197119#2,125
19709#3,280
19695#4,403

Nicknames for Jeremi

Names like Jeremi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jacob Zachary Joshua Eli Levi Gabriel Ali Tobias Malachi Elijah Jonah Caleb

Other spellings of Jeremi

Jeremy Jeremie Jeromy

Names related to Jeremi

Jeremiah Jerome Jeramiah Jeremih Jermiah Jeremyah

More Hebrew names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeremi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeremi, updated 20 October 2026.