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Jerimy
Pronounced JAIR-uh-mee /ΛdΚΙr.Ι.mi/High
Meaning: Jerimy is a phonetic respelling of Jeremy, an English form of the Hebrew Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah), 'Yahweh will exalt' or 'the Lord raises up'. It keeps that meaning in an altered spelling.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jerimy is one of the folk respellings of Jeremy, the medieval English form of Jeremiah, from Hebrew Yirmeyahu, 'the Lord will exalt'. When Jeremy surged as an American boys' name in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, phonetic variants such as Jerimy, Jeramie and Jeremey appeared alongside it, showing in United States records from the late sixties.
Jerimy reached its high point in 1976, at the crest of the Jeremy fashion, and faded as the standard spelling reasserted itself. It reads as a name of the seventies, worn by men now in their forties, and stays a period variant rather than a name on the rise.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Jerimy mean?
Jerimy is a form of Jeremy, from the Hebrew Yirmeyahu, meaning 'the Lord will exalt'.
How do you pronounce Jerimy?
It's said JAIR-uh-mee /ΛdΚΙr.Ι.mi/ β three syllables, stress on the first, like Jeremy.
Is Jerimy a boy or girl name?
Jerimy is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Jerimy?
Jerimy was an uncommon spelling that crested in the mid-nineteen-seventies with the Jeremy trend and has been rare since.