Jeremy

See also: Jérémy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ə.mi/

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• (US, also) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.mi/, /ˈd͡ʒɜɹ.mi/
  • Homophone: germy

Proper noun

Jeremy (plural Jeremys)

1. A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 2:17:

     Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.

   • 1840, John Bowring, Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, p.169:

     He had the name of Jeremy given to him, because Jeremiah, as his father said, was a family name; and there was an advantage in curtailing a syllable, and in showing a preference towards the names of the New Testament over those of the old.

   • 2004 October 22, QI, Season 2, Episode 4:

     Fry: You don't meet many American Jeremies, do you? Have you ever met an American Jeremy?
     Clarkson: No, it's too complicated. There's three syllables.

Related terms

• pet form: Jerry

Translations

Jeremiah — see Jeremiah

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jeremy.

Proper noun

Jeremy

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]