Jeremy
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See also: Jérémy
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ə.mi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, also) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.mi/, /ˈd͡ʒɜɹ.mi/
Proper noun[edit]
Jeremy (plural Jeremys)
- 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 964384981, 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:
Related terms[edit]
- pet form: Jerry
Translations[edit]
Jeremiah — see Jeremiah
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jeremy
- a male given name from Hebrew
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