Jermiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jer-MY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jermiya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will uplift”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jermiya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jermiyah; respelling of Jeremiah
“God will uplift”
A respelling of Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet whose book is in the Old Testament.
Meaning borrowed from Jermiyah.
Is Jermiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jermiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Jermiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Jermiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jermiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Jermiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Anika, Isabella, Anya, Jianna, Janiyah, Amaya, Eliza, Jimena, Jiya, Armani, Sarahi
Names related to Jermiya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jermiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jermiya, updated 20 October 2026.