Jeremiah ( ) is a male given name meaning " loosens", or " will raise", or "God is high", and having its origin in ancient Hebrew. Jeremias is a form that it takes in some Romance languages. Jeremiah is sometimes an anglicised form of the Irish Diarmaid, while "Jeremy" is the anglicized of "Jeremiah" in the English language.
The name takes its popularity from the Hebrew prophet Jeremiah.
Those bearing the name include:
Politicians
Jeremiah S. Bacon (1858-1939), American politician
Jeremiah Beveridge (1862–1927), American historian and politician
Jeremiah S. Black (1810–1883), American judge and politician
Jeremiah Gates Brainard (c. 1759–1830), Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Jeremiah Brown (politician) (1785–1858), American politician
Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), American novelist and politician
Jeremiah Jones Colbath (1812–1875), American politician
Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), US Senator and naval officer
Jeremiah Koung, Liberian politician
Jeremiah T. Mahoney (1878–1970), American judge
Jeremiah Mason (1768–1848), American politician
Jeremiah Morrow (1771–1852), American politician
Jeremiah Nelson (1769–1838), American politician
Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine politician) (1778–1858), American politician
Jeremiah O'Donovan "Rossa" (1831–1915), Fenian conspirator
Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830–1893), American politician
Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743–1804), American merchant and politician
In religion
Historic
Jeremiah (c. 655-586 BCE), Jewish religious leader
Jeremiah (I), a first-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel
Jeremiah bar Abba (fl. 3rd century), a second-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel Jeremiah (II), a third-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel Jeremiah (III), a fourth-generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel Jeremiah (Bulgarian priest), a 10th-century priest Patriarch Jeremias I of Constantinople (fl. early 16th century, died 1546), Balkan-born religious leader Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople (c. 1530–1595), Greek religious leader Patriarch Jeremias III of Constantinople (1650s-1735), Greek religious leader Contemporary Jeremiah Evarts (1781–1831), American missionary Jeremiah Wright (born 1941), American pastor