Jeremy ( ) is an English male given name of biblical and Hebrew origin, deriving from the Hebrew given name Jeremiah. Etymologically, "Jeremy" is the anglicized and diminutive form of the given name "Jeremiah." As such, the name "Jeremy" means "God will raise" or "God will loosen" within various interpretations.
Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment
Jeremy Beadle (1948–2008), English television presenter, writer and producer
Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), English actor
Jeremy Brock, actor and director
Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
Jez Butterworth, English playwright, screenwriter, and film director
Jeremy Camp, Christian musician
Jeremy Clarkson, English broadcaster
Jaz (Jeremy) Coleman, English musician
Jeremy Davis, bassist for American rock band Paramore
Jeremy Deller, English artist
Jeremy Edwards, English television actor
Jeremy Fall, American editor in chief of Cliché Magazine
Jeremy Fedryk, Canadian producer and vocalist known as Sarcastic Sounds
Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
Jem Finer, English musician with The Pogues
Jeremy Gable, American playwright and game designer
Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
Jeremy Harrington, American YouTuber and voice actor
Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
Jeremy Heywood, British Civil Servant
Jeremy Irons, English actor
Jeremy Jordan (singer, born 1973), American singer
Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984), American actor
Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
Jeremy Latimore, Australian Rugby League player
Jeremy Lau, known as Jer Lau (born 1992), Hong Kong singer and actor
Jeremy Lee (chef), TV chef
Jeremy Lee (singer) (born 1995), Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor
Jeremy Lloyd (1930–2014), English author, screenwriter, poet, and actor
Jeremy London, American actor with twin actor Jason London
Jeremy McKinnon, vocalist for American metalcore band, A Day to Remember
Jeremy Northam, English film actor
Jeremy Paxman, English television presenter
Jeremy Piven, American actor
Jeremy Ray, Australian television presenter and video game reviewer
Jeremy Renner, American actor
Jeremy Rohmer, contestant of ANTM cycle 20
Jeremy Rowley, American actor
Jeremy Scahill, Oscar-nominated and two-time George Polk award-winning journalist Jeremy Shada, American actor, notably as the voice of Finn the Human in Adventure Time and GingerBrave in Cookie Run: Kingdom Jeremy Sinden, English actor Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and writer Jeremy Soule, American composer Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter Jeremy Strong, American actor Jeremy Suarez, American actor from The Bernie Mac Show Jeremy Sumpter, American actor Jeremy Taggart, percussionist for Canadian band Our Lady Peace Jeremy Thomas, English writer and film producer Jeremy Vine, English radio and television journalist and presenter Jeremy Wade, English author and television presenter, host of River Monsters Jeremy Williams, British actor Jeremy Ylvisaker, American Multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Zerechak, American documentary filmmaker Jeremy Fernandez (singer), American singer Jeremy Zucker, American singer-songwriter, producer
In politics
Jeremy Browne, British Liberal Democrat MP (2005–2015) Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour MP for Islington North (1983–) and Leader of the Labour Party (2015–2020) Jeremy Hunt, British Conservative MP (2005–) and government minister Jeremy Hutchinson (politician) (born 1974), U.S. politician Jeremy Purvis, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP (2003–2011), Member of House of Lords (2013–) Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), British MP for North Devon (1959–1979) and Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976) Jeremy Wright (politician), British Conservative MP (2005–) Jeremy Quin (born 1968), British Conservative MP (2015–) Jeremy Lefroy (born 1959), British Conservative MP (2010–2019)