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Jermiya
How to Pronounce Jermiya
Pronounced jer-MY-uh /dʒərˈmaɪ.ə/Low
Meaning: Jermiya reads as an invented name that reworks the sound of Jeremiah into a soft girls' form ending in -miya. Jeremiah comes from Hebrew Yirmeyahu, 'the Lord exalts' or 'appointed by God'; Jermiya borrows that resonance while joining the fashionable -miya ending, so it is a modern coinage.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Jermiya is a contemporary coinage, reshaping the sound of the biblical Jeremiah into a girls' name with the trendy -miya tail heard in Amya and Jamya. Names built this way turn a familiar boy's name into something fresh and feminine.
It appears in United States records from the late nineteen-nineties and reached its small peak around the middle two-thousands before easing off, always scarce. A girl named Jermiya from that peak is about twenty today, a millennial-era coinage.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Jermiya mean?
It is a modern coinage, most likely a feminine reshaping of Jeremiah (Hebrew, 'the Lord exalts') blended with the -miya sound.
How do you pronounce Jermiya?
It is said jer-MY-uh /dʒərˈmaɪ.ə/.
Is Jermiya a boy or girl name?
Jermiya is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jermiya?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls even at its peak in the middle two-thousands.